Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a DemocracyA riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America. "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." -Washington Post |
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User Review - larryerick - LibraryThingDespite having already read a number of books about the degradations that the South, and Mississippi in particular, have inflicted upon the blacks after the Civil War, I was terribly moved by this ... Read full review
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User Review - shannonkearns - LibraryThingThere is a lot to like about this book. The stories are interesting and compelling (although the narrative structure was sometimes muddy and confusing). I was very interested to read about this ... Read full review
Contents
CHAPTER TWO Not Even Past | |
CHAPTER FOUR The Decisive Battlefield for America | |
CHAPTER FIVE It Is Sure Enough Changing | |
CHAPTER SIX The Scars of the System | |
INTERLUDE Another SoCalled Freedom Day | |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Summer of Our Discontent | |
CHAPTER NINE Lay by Time | |
CHAPTER TEN The Stuff Democracy Is Made Of | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN Give unto Them Beauty for Ashes | |
Photographs | |
Bibliography | |
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| Title | Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy |
| Author | Bruce Watson |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1101190183, 9781101190180 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / African American & Black Political Science / Civil Rights Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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