Bibliograph

Spies of Mississippi, the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement, by Rick Bowers

Type

Label

Spies of Mississippi, the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement, by Rick Bowers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spies of Mississippi

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

320187237

Responsibility statement

by Rick Bowers

Sub title

the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement

Summary

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation

Table Of Contents

Genesis -- Growing outrage, growing backlash -- "Bible" -- Pipeline -- Delta blues -- Death of a dream -- Savior of segregation -- Clandestine war -- Never, never land -- Overflowing the jails -- Battle for Ole Miss -- In the dead of the night -- Secret benefactor -- Agent X -- Marked men -- Magnolia curtain -- "Destroy this directive" -- What happened next -- Documents -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo credits

Target audience

adolescent

Classification