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Medgar Evers

Mississippi martyr

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An edition of Medgar Evers (2011)

Medgar Evers

Mississippi martyr

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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 the rapes, murders, beatings, and lynchings of black Mississippians and reported them 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, joined lawsuits to overturn school segregation, and devoted himself to a career that cost him his life. This biography of a lesser-known but seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Evers's widow, his remaining siblings, friends, schoolmates, and fellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. His story is a testament to the important role that grassroots activism played in exacting social change.--From publisher description.

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English
Pages
434

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Medgar Evers: Mississippi martyr
2011, University of Arkansas Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Fayetteville

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
323.092, B
Library of Congress
F349.J13 W55 2011, F349.J13W55 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
434

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24918169M
Internet Archive
medgareversmissi0000will
ISBN 10
1557289735
ISBN 13
9781557289735
LCCN
2011027201
OCLC/WorldCat
741273576

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