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Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement /

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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowers, Rick, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2010]
Edition:Uncorrected advance reader's ed.
Subjects:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission > History > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Segregation > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
States' rights (American politics) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951- > Juvenile literature.
Mississippi > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Description
Summary:In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Physical Description:121 pages ; 23 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9781426306570 (advance reading copy)
1426306571 (advance reading copy)