American Insurrection James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi 1962

Name: American Insurrection James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi 1962
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ISBN: 9780385499705

ISBN-10: 0385499701

ISBN-13: 9780385499705

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Authors: William Doyle

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In 1961, a black veteran named James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi — and launched a legal revolt against white supremacy in the most segregated state in America. Meredith’s challenge ultimately triggered what Time magazine called “the gravest conflict between federal and state authority since the Civil War,” a crisis that on September 30, 1962, exploded into a chaotic battle between thousands of white civilians and a small corps of federal marshals. To crush the insurrection, President John F. Kennedy ordered a lightning invasion of Mississippi by over 20,000 U.S. combat infantry, paratroopers, military police, and National Guard troops. Based on years of…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.96" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

William Doyle is a writer and documentary producer whose previous book, Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton, was a New York Times Notable Book. In 1998 he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best TV Documentary for the A&E special "The Secret White House Tapes," which he cowrote and coproduced. He lives in New York City.