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"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 those who challenged the status quo. Nonetheless, Evers consistently investigated t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Michael Vinson, 1971-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011.
Temas:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, > 1925-1963.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Jackson > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Jackson > Biography.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Mississippi > Jackson > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Jackson > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
Jackson (Miss.) > Biography.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Mississippi > Relations raciales.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Jackson.
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Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Mama called him her special child": a lineage of resistance
  • The "road to Jericho": from the Mississippi Delta to Jackson, Mississippi
  • The face of social change: the NAACP in Mississippi
  • A bloodied and battered Mississippi: 1955
  • The black wave: conservatism meets determinism
  • Riding the rails: freedom ride challenges and the Jackson movement
  • Two can play the game: the gauntlet toss
  • Mississippi, murder, and Medgar: our domestic killing fields.

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