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Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
Michael Vinson Williams
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Description for Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
Paperback. Num Pages: 435 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: B; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was well aware of the dangers he would face when he challenged the status quo in Mississippi in the 1950s and `60s, a place and time known for the brutal murders of Emmett Till, Reverend George Lee, Lamar Smith, and others. Nonetheless, Evers consistently investigated the rapes, murders, beatings, and lynchings of black Mississippians and reported the horrid incidents to a national audience, all the while organizing economic boycotts, sit-ins, and street protests in Jackson as the NAACP's first full-time Mississippi field secretary. He organized and participated in voting drives and nonviolent direct-action protests, ... Read more
Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was well aware of the dangers he would face when he challenged the status quo in Mississippi in the 1950s and `60s, a place and time known for the brutal murders of Emmett Till, Reverend George Lee, Lamar Smith, and others. Nonetheless, Evers consistently investigated the rapes, murders, beatings, and lynchings of black Mississippians and reported the horrid incidents to a national audience, all the while organizing economic boycotts, sit-ins, and street protests in Jackson as the NAACP's first full-time Mississippi field secretary. He organized and participated in voting drives and nonviolent direct-action protests, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
766g
Number of Pages
435
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286468
SKU
V9781557286468
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About Michael Vinson Williams
Michael Vinson Williams is assistant professor of history and African American studies at Mississippi State University, USA.
Reviews for Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
A well-written and informative installment in a prolific civil rights scholarship. . . . an accessible volume for a wide range of historians. -Hayden McDaniel, H-Net The first substantial scholarly biography of Medgar Evers.... Will be the standard reference for some time to come. -Journal of Southern History An important and ... Read more