Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Traces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of Mississippi.
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- University of Illinois Press
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN-13
- 9780252065071
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Civil rights movementMississippi historyRacial segregation
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1995)
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