Mississippi: The Long, Hot Summer

by William McCord and William Maxwell McCord

Book Overview

In 1964, sociologist William McCord, long interested in movements for social change in the United States, began a study of Mississippi's Freedom Summer. Stanford University, where McCord taught, had been the site of recruiting efforts for student volunteers for the Freedom Summer project by such activists as Robert Moses and Allard Lowenstein. Described by his wife as "an old-fashioned liberal," McCord believed that he should both examine and participate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149680936X
• ISBN13: 9781496809360
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"