A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard

by Devery S Anderson and Devery S. Anderson

In the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kennard (1927-1963), a Korean War veteran and civil rights leader from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, attempted repeatedly to enroll at the all-white Mississippi Southern College--now the University of Southern Mississippi--in the late 1950s.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496844041
• ISBN13: 9781496844040
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"