Freedom Summer The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy

Name: Freedom Summer The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
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ISBN: 9780143119432

ISBN-10: 0143119435

ISBN-13: 9780143119432

Edition: 2011

Authors: Bruce Watson

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A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.23" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Bruce Allen Watson is professor emeritus at Diablo Valley College and author of several books.




Crossroads


Prologue



ï¿½There Is a Moral Wave Buildingï¿½



ï¿½Not Even Pastï¿½



Freedom Street



ï¿½The Decisive Battlefield for Americaï¿½



ï¿½It Is Sure Enough Changingï¿½



ï¿½The Scars of the Systemï¿½


Interlude: ï¿½Another So-Called 'Freedom Day'ï¿½



A Bloody Peace Written in the Sky



ï¿½Walk Together, Childrenï¿½



ï¿½The Summer of Our Discontentï¿½



ï¿½Lay by Timeï¿½



ï¿½The Stuff Democracy Is Made Ofï¿½



ï¿½Give unto Them Beauty for Ashesï¿½


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index