Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear Contributor(s): Goudsouzian, Aram (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374535523 ISBN-13: 9780374535520 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: 323.119 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Topical - Black History |
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Publisher Description: In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he would make the news again when he reentered Mississippi, on foot. His plan was to walk from Memphis to Jackson, leading a "March Against Fear" that would promote black voter registration and defy the entrenched racism of the region. But on the march's second day, he was shot by a mysterious gunman, a moment captured in a harrowing and now iconic photograph. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goudsouzian, Aram: - Aram Goudsouzian is chair of the history department at the University of Memphis. He earned his B.A. from Colby College and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He is the author of King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution, The Hurricane of 1938, and Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee. |