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

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 black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America.

"Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." -Washington Post

Author: Bruce Watson
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 05/31/2011
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.57w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9780143119432
ISBN10: 0143119435
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Bl

About the Author
Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.