Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear /

Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear /

On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee, on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote Black voter registration and defy racism. The next day, he was shot by a mysterious white man and transferred to a hospital. What followed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goudsouzian, Aram
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Meredith, James, > 1933-
Civil rights demonstrations > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Voter registration > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
African American college students > Mississippi > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Black power > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.

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