Title Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr / Michael Vinson Williams

Published Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 434 pages) : illustrations, map Contents "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 and battered 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 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 career that cost him his life. This biography of a lesser-known but seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Evers's widow, his remaining siblings, friends, schoolmates, and fellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. His story is a testament to the important role that grassroots activism played in exacting social change"--Publisher description Analysis Multi-User Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963. SUBJECT Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 fast Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography SUBJECT National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fast Subject African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. African American civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Race relations SUBJECT Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography Mississippi -- Race relations Subject Mississippi Mississippi -- Jackson Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011027201 ISBN 9781610754873 1610754875 1299402046 9781299402041

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