The Resource Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr, Michael Vinson Williams
Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr, Michael Vinson Williams
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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 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.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 434 pages
- Contents
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- "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
- Isbn
- 9781557286468
- Label
- Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr
- Title
- Medgar Evers
- Title remainder
- Mississippi martyr
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Vinson Williams
- Subject
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- African American civil rights workers
- African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi | Jackson -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi | Jackson -- Biography
- Evers, Medgar W, 1925-1963
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
- 1900-1999
- History
- Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography
- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- Jackson
- Mississippi -- Race relations
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography
- Race relations
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
- Language
- eng
- 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.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Michael Vinson
- Dewey number
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- 323.092
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F349.J13
- LC item number
- W55 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Evers, Medgar Wiley
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Evers, Medgar Wiley
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Evers, Medgar Wiley
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Evers, Medgar W
- African American civil rights workers
- Civil rights workers
- Civil rights movements
- African Americans
- Mississippi
- Jackson (Miss.)
- African American civil rights workers
- Civil rights workers
- Civil rights movements
- African Americans
- Mississippi
- Jackson (Miss.)
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights workers
- Race relations
- Mississippi
- Mississippi
- Label
- Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr, Michael Vinson Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-415) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn741273576
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9781557286468
- Lccn
- 2011027201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781557289735
- (OCoLC)741273576
- Label
- Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr, Michael Vinson Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-415) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn741273576
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9781557286468
- Lccn
- 2011027201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781557289735
- (OCoLC)741273576
Subject
- African American civil rights workers
- African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi | Jackson -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi | Jackson -- Biography
- Evers, Medgar W, 1925-1963
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
- 1900-1999
- History
- Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography
- Mississippi
- Mississippi -- Jackson
- Mississippi -- Race relations
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography
- Race relations
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
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