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Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	Mississippi martyr
[NT 47261] Author:	WilliamsMichael Vinson, 1971-
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Project Muse
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Fayetteville
[NT 47263] Published:	University of Arkansas Press;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2011
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (xi, 434 p.)ill., map. :
[NT 47266] Subject:	African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Civil rights movements - History - Mississippi - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Civil rights workers - Biography - Mississippi -
[NT 47266] Subject:	African American civil rights workers - Biography - Mississippi -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Jackson (Miss.) -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Mississippi - Race relations -
[NT 51399] Personal Subject:	Evers - Medgar Wiley -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781610754873/
[NT 47265] Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-415) and index
[NT 51398] Summary:	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 careerthat cost him his life. This biography of a lesser-known but seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Evers's widow, hisremaining siblings, friends, schoolmates, andfellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. Hisstory is a testament to the important role that grassroots activism played in exacting social change.--From publisher description
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781610754873electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1610754875electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781557289735hbk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1557289735hbk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	"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 andbattered 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

Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr
Williams, Michael Vinson

Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr / MichaelVinson Williams - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 434 p.) ; ill., map..
"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 andbattered 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-415) and index.
ISBN 9781610754873ISBN 1610754875ISBN 9781557289735ISBN 1557289735
African AmericansCivil rights movementsCivil rights workersAfrican American civil rights workers -- Civil rights -- History -- Biography -- Biography -- Mississippi -- Mississippi -- Mississippi -- Mississippi -- 20th century -- 20th century

Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr
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