Ghosts of Mississippi
Maryanne Vollers
An examination of a noted civil rights case involving the murder of an NAACP official and his killer's three trials draws comparisons between the case and the racial climate in the deep South.
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- Back Bay
- Year
- 1995
- ISBN-13
- 9780316914710
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Civil rights movementRacism in the Deep SouthMedgar Evers murder case
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1995)
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