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Breach of peace
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Eric Etheridge |
In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans -- blacks and whites, men and women -- converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they … |
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Simeon's story
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Herb Boyd,Simeon Wright,Simeon Wright |
A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil… |
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The Eyes of Willie McGee
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Alex Heard |
A gripping saga of race and retribution in the Deep South and a story whose haunting details echo the themes of To Kill a MockingbirdIn 1945, Willie McGee, a young African-American man from Laurel, M… |
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Spies of Mississippi
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Rick Bowers |
The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of the most momentou… |
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Mississippi 1990
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Walter M. Mathews |
xxiii, 112 pages : 22 cm |
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Mississippi
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Jordan Mills |
"This book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Mississippi"-- |
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The juke joint king of the Mississippi hills
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Janice Branch Tracy |
"In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games and well-know blu… |
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Forgotten time
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John C. Willis |
Although it came to epitomize the Cotton South in the twentieth century, the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta emerged as a distinct entity in the decades following the Civil War. As other southerners confront… |
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From the pen of a she-rebel
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Emilie Riley McKinley |
"Shortly after she began her diary, Emilie Riley McKinley penned an entry to record the day she believed to be the saddest of her life. The date was July 4, 1863, and federal troops had captured the … |
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