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ISBN
9781542408585
Book Title
Mississippi Burning Case: the History and Legacy of the Freedom Summer Murders at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
Item Length
11in
Publisher
CreateSpace
Publication Year
2017
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.1in
Author
Charles River Charles River Editors
Features
Large Type
Genre
History
Topic
United States / 20th Century
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Number of Pages
56 Pages

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*Includes pictures*Includes accounts and testimony by some of the conspirators*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"You see, I know what's gonna happen! I feel it deep in my heart! When they find the people who killed these guys in Neshoba County, you've got to come back to the state of Mississippi and have a jury of their cousins, their aunts and their uncles. And I know what they're going to say - not guilty."- Dave Dennis, leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) When famous political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville toured the new United States of America, he was impressed by the representative government set up by the Founders. At the same time, he ominously predicted, "If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto." De Tocqueville was prescient, because the longest battle fought in the history of the United States has been the Civil Rights Movement. The framers of the Constitution kicked the problem down the road, over half a million died during the Civil War to end slavery, and then many more fought and died to dismantle segregation and legalized racism in the 100 years after. Today every American is taught about watershed moments in the history of minorities' struggles for civil rights over the course of American history: the Civil War, Brown v. Board of Education, Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Indeed, the use of the phrase "Civil Rights Movement" in America today almost invariably refers to the period of time from 1954-1964. Even with those successes, tragedies continued to be pervasive, and one of the most notorious crimes was the murder of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi in June 1964. Occurring less than 2 weeks before the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, the young volunteers were killed because they had come south to help register blacks to vote, a right they had been unfairly denied for over half a century thanks to Jim Crow. Fortunately, as was often the case, the shocking nature of the crimes galvanized people and helped bring about the kinds of changes the murderers sought to prevent, but despite the national outrage generated by the disappearance of the volunteers, Mississippi showed no interest in prosecuting anyone. Ultimately, the federal investigation, dubbed "Mississippi Burning," uncovered evidence of a large conspiracy that went all the way up to County Sheriff Lawrence A. Rainey, but without anyone's cooperation, the government's indictments could only bring up members of the conspiracy on minor charges. In the end, it would not be until 40 years after the murders that any of the conspirators would be tried for murder or manslaughter; that case, against 80 year old Edgar Ray Killen, also marked the first time Mississippi tried anyone for anything related to the infamous crimes. The Mississippi Burning Case: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Murders at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement chronicles the murderous conspiracy and the aftermath. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the murders like never before, in no time at all.

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CreateSpace
ISBN-10
154240858x
ISBN-13
9781542408585
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Book Title
Mississippi Burning Case: the History and Legacy of the Freedom Summer Murders at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
Author
Charles River Charles River Editors
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
United States / 20th Century
Publication Year
2017
Genre
History
Number of Pages
56 Pages

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Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz

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