Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy

by Bruce Watson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143119435
• ISBN13: 9780143119432
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher