Three Lives for Mississippi / Edition 1

by William Bradford Huie, Martin Luther King Jr., Juan Williams

Overview

Three Lives for Mississippi by William Bradford Huie Introduction by Martin Luther King, Jr. Afterword by Juan Williams In the Civil Rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for black equality, reached a low point in its history. On that steamy night three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia. William Bradford Huie was sent to this seething community to cover the breaking story. This book is his documentary account written in the heat of the dangerous and dramatic moment. Huie reveals not only the harrowing events in this heinous case but also the reaction of ordinary citizens who allowed murder to serve as their defense of prejudice. This Banner Books edition includes Huie's report on the trial three years later. Nineteen local men were charged. Seven were found guilty-of conspiracy, not murder. William Bradford Huie (1910-1986), an Alabama journalist and novelist, was the author of many books, including The Americanization of Emily, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Mud on the Stars (all made into films), and Wolf Whistle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578062478
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Banner Books
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	186
Sales rank:	730,599
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Bradford Huie (1910-1986), a journalist, investigative reporter, editor, television host, and novelist, wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles as well as over twenty books, including The Americanization of Emily, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Mud on the Stars (all made into films), and Wolf Whistle, the story of the Emmett Till lynching. He is author of He Slew the Dreamer: My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King, published by University Press of Mississippi.

Editorial Reviews

"Huie's work stands as a singular achievement and an important contribution to the civil rights story and to American history."

--Juan Williams, author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965

"This book is a part of the arsenal decent Americans can employ to make democracy for all truly a birthright and not a distant dream. It relates the story of an atrocity committed on our doorstep."

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

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