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The "Mississippi Burning" civil rights murder conspiracy trial : a headline court case /

Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try to defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fireside, Harvey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2002]
Series:Headline court cases.
Subjects:
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Meridian > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder)
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi.
Trials (Homicide) > Meridian (Miss.) > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights > Mississippi > History > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Juvenile literature.
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Summary:Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try to defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.
Physical Description:112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Awards:Carter G. Woodson Award, 2003.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 109) and index.
ISBN:0766017621