Freedom Summer
Autor Bruce Watsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2011
A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history.
In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.
In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143119432
ISBN-10: 0143119435
Pagini: 394
Ilustrații: 8-page b/w photo insert
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 0143119435
Pagini: 394
Ilustrații: 8-page b/w photo insert
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
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Notă biografică
Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.
Descriere
In his critically acclaimed history, award-winning author Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement when more than 700 American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children.