Three Lives for Mississippi

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-1-57806-247-8
Verlag: University Press of Mississippi

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 207 g

Reihe: Banner Books Series

In the Civil Rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for black equality, reached a low point in its history. On that steamy night, three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia. William Bradford Huie was sent to this seething community to cover the breaking story. This book is his documentary account written in the heat of the dangerous and dramatic moment. Huie reveals not only the harrowing events in this heinous case but also the reaction of ordinary citizens who allowed murder to serve as their defense of prejudice. This Banner Books edition includes Huie's report on the trial three years later. Nineteen local men were charged. Seven were found guilty-of conspiracy, not murder.

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William Bradford Huie (1910-1986) was an Alabama journalist, novelist, and author of many books, including The Americanization of Emily, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Mud on the Stars (all made into films), and Wolf Whistle.