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Ed King's Mississippi: Behind the Scenes of Freedom Summer" features more than forty unpublished black-and-white photographs and substantial writings by the prominent civil rights activist Reverend Ed King. The images and text provide a unique perspective on Mississippi during the summer of 1964. Ed King's writings offer background and insights on the motivations and work of Freedom Summer volunteers, on the racial climate of Mississippi during the late 1950s and 1960s, and the grassroots effort by black Mississippians to enter the political arena and exercise their fundamental civil rights.-Excerpt courtesy of goodreads.com. See it in the Catalog . You can see all our new books on the New Books page .

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Read about the history of African Americans, including books, eBooks, articles, streaming media, primary and secondary sources and see our book display in the library . Go to the guide for these great resources: Watch The March on Washington, 1963  Read an eyewitness account: President Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Watch the video Soundtrack for a Revolution: Freedom Songs from the Civil Rights Era Read Twelve Years a Slave print book and eBooks View historical photographs from the Library of Congress