Freedom summer : the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy /
Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Nort...
Main Author: | Watson, Bruce, 1953- |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
[2010]
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