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2011027201 abstract "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.".
2011027201 contributor B12131716.
2011027201 coverage "Jackson (Miss.) Biography.".
2011027201 coverage "Mississippi Race relations.".
2011027201 created "2011.".
2011027201 date "2011".
2011027201 date "2011.".
2011027201 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
2011027201 description "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.".
2011027201 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-415) and index.".
2011027201 extent "xi, 434 p. :".
2011027201 identifier "1557289735 (cloth : alk. paper)".
2011027201 identifier "9781557289735 (cloth : alk. paper)".
2011027201 issued "2011".
2011027201 issued "2011.".
2011027201 language "eng".
2011027201 publisher "Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press,".
2011027201 spatial "Jackson (Miss.) Biography.".
2011027201 spatial "Mississippi Jackson".
2011027201 spatial "Mississippi Race relations.".
2011027201 spatial "Mississippi".
2011027201 subject "323.092 B 23".
2011027201 subject "African American civil rights workers Mississippi Jackson Biography.".
2011027201 subject "African Americans Civil rights Mississippi History 20th century.".
2011027201 subject "Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century.".
2011027201 subject "Civil rights workers Mississippi Jackson Biography.".
2011027201 subject "Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.".
2011027201 subject "F349.J13 W55 2011".
2011027201 subject "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Biography.".
2011027201 title "Medgar Evers : Mississippi martyr / Michael Vinson Williams.".
2011027201 type "text".