Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr /

Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Williams, Michael Vinson, 1971-
Imprint:	Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 434 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	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. 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. African American civil rights workers. African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Race relations. Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography. Mississippi -- Race relations. Mississippi. Mississippi -- Jackson. Electronic book. Biographies. History. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149953

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ISBN:	9781610754873 1610754875 9781610754866 1610754867 9781557289735 1557289735 1299402046 9781299402041 1557286469 9781557286468
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Williams, Michael Vinson, 1971- Medgar Evers. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011 9781557289735
Govt.docs classification:	HI.F 3/178-8:M 42/2011

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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 Emmett Till, Reverend George Lee, Lamar Smith, and others. Nonetheless, Evers consistently investigated the rapes, murders, beatings, and lynching's of black Mississippians and reported the horrid incidents 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 state-supported 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 Myrlie Evers-Williams (Evers's widow), his two remaining siblings, friends, grade-school-to-college schoolmates, and fellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. Extensive archival work in the Evers Papers, the NAACP Papers, oral history collections, FBI files, Citizen Council collections, and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Papers, to list a few, provides a detailed account of Evers's NAACP work and a clearer understanding of the racist environment that ultimately led to his murder. Selfless dedication marked the life of Medgar Evers, and while this remains his story, it is also a testament to the important role that grassroots activism played in exacting social change during some of America's most turbulent and violent times.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 434 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781610754873 1610754875 9781610754866 1610754867 9781557289735 1557289735 1299402046 9781299402041 1557286469 9781557286468