The ghosts of Medgar Evers
a tale of race, murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood
by Willie Morris
Willie Morris brings together the harsh realities of race and the magical illusions of Hollywood in an unusual book about the making of the movie Ghosts of Mississippi and its more complicated historical background: the 1963 assassination of the courageous civil rights activist Medgar Evers and the conviction thirty years later of his killer, Byron De La Beckwith, in one of the most striking cases in the annals of American jurisprudence.
The Ghosts of Medgar Evers is not only a dramatic account of the making of a major motion picture about one of the most heinous crimes of this century; it is also an examination of the murder itself and the people involved that explains why it took so long for justice to prevail.
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The ghosts of Medgar Evers: a tale of race, murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood
1998, Random House
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The ghosts of Medgar Evers: a tale of race, murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood
1998, Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]) and index.
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