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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...

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Main Author:	Watson, Bruce, 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, [2010]
Subjects:	African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.

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