Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr /
Williams, Michael Vinson, 1971-
Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr / Michael Vinson Williams. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 434 pages) : illustrations, map -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
"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.
English.
9781610754873 (electronic bk.) 1610754875 (electronic bk.) 1299402046 9781299402041 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
PROJMUSE CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo 22573/ctt1fdv47x JSTOR 4C196E8D-2D76-4DEE-970D-A93792B69609 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains--Mississippi--Jackson--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire--Mississippi--20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire--Mississippi--20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--Mississippi--Jackson--Biographies.
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.
Jackson (Miss.)--Biography.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Relations raciales.
Mississippi.
Mississippi--Jackson.
Multi-User
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
F349.J13 / W55 2011eb
323.092 B
HI.F 3/178-8:M 42/2011
Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr / Michael Vinson Williams. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 434 pages) : illustrations, map -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
"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.
English.
9781610754873 (electronic bk.) 1610754875 (electronic bk.) 1299402046 9781299402041 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
PROJMUSE CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo 22573/ctt1fdv47x JSTOR 4C196E8D-2D76-4DEE-970D-A93792B69609 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains--Mississippi--Jackson--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire--Mississippi--20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire--Mississippi--20e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--Mississippi--Jackson--Biographies.
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.
Jackson (Miss.)--Biography.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Relations raciales.
Mississippi.
Mississippi--Jackson.
Multi-User
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
F349.J13 / W55 2011eb
323.092 B
HI.F 3/178-8:M 42/2011