Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement / by Rick Bowers ; [foreword by Wade Henderson].
By: Bowers, Rick.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010Description: vii, 120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781426305955 (trade : hardcover : alk. paper); 9781426305962 (lib. bdg.); 1426305966; 1426305958.Subject(s): Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century | States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century | Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951- | Mississippi -- Race relations | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century | Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History | African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History | State rights -- History | Mississippi -- Politics and government | Mississippi -- Race relations | Civil rights movements -- HistoryDDC classification: 323.1196/073/0762 Summary: Chronicles how the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission attempted to halt racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s through an extensive propaganda effort to label civil rights leaders and their followers as communists.
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Chronicles how the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission attempted to halt racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s through an extensive propaganda effort to label civil rights leaders and their followers as communists.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-116) and index.
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