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Ed King's Mississippi: Behind the Scenes of Freedom Summer" features more than forty unpublished black-and-white photographs and substantial writings by the prominent civil rights activist Reverend Ed King.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 .

Your instructor asked you to use academic, scholarly or peer reviewed articles but you don't know where to start. We help students with that all the time, and now we have a brand new guide just for you! Go to the Guide . Get our tips for your best bets for finding scholarly & peer reviewed articles, plus step by step tips to save you time and get the sources you need. Find out: What is a peer reviewed article? How to Find articles with literature reviews, methodology and results.  Steps to find peer reviewed articles in EBSCO & ProQuest Research Library

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

The best COM Library books, eBooks, articles and media by or about Stephen King. Go to the Guide for these great resources: Read the eBook: Dissecting Stephen King : From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism . Read the book: The science of Stephen King : from Carrie to Cell, the terrifying truth behind the horror master's fiction Read the books Mr. Mercedes, Doctor Sleep, 11/22/63 and lots more by King Read our short story collections, including The Monkey, Sorry, right number, The things they left behind, Man in the black suit and more. Listen to or download MP3 Stephen King: The 'Craft' Of Writing Horror Stories Watch the DVD The Shining Watch on YouTube  A Conversation with Stephen King at UMass Lowell online.

The Secrets of College Success' combines easy-to-follow tips that really work with insider information. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to: Pick courses and choose a major ; Manage your time and develop college-level study skills ; Get on top of the core requirements ; Get good grades and avoid stress ; Interact effectively with the professor ; Match college and career, and more. See it in the Catalog . You can see all our new books on the New Books page .

Christmas is a time of celebration and wonder, a time to embrace longstanding traditions and establish new ones. It's a time for meals made of memories and heartwarming stories shared around the fireplace. Everything Christmas brings all the best ideas for the holiday season together in one volume. In this book, you'll find your favorite classic Christmas stories and a few new ones destined to join them. You'll discover holiday recipes, enjoy the words to treasured hymns and carols, be encouraged by inspirational Christmas poems and the Nativity story . See it in the Catalog . You can see all our new books on the New Books page .

Nominated for the National Book Award, this book is set in colonial Massachusetts where, in 1704, a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, abducting a Puritan minister and his children. Although John Williams was eventually released, his daughter horrified the family by staying with her captors and marrying a Mohawk husband.-Excerpt courtesy of goodreads.com. See it in the Catalog . You can see all our new books on the New Books page .