The autobiography of Medgar Evers

Description:

The American civil rights movement of the 1950s, and 1960s was spurred by innumerable heros who earned small triumphs in the face of epic intolerance and terror. [This book] reveals what it mean to fight the most intractably racist bureaucracy of the Tim Crow era. [In the book, the editor] ha[s] created a vibrant portrait of an activist at work. The result is both a tribute to a civil rights hero and a living testament to the power of grassroots political action to change our lives for the better.-Dust jacket.

subjects: Biography,  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,  History,  African Americans,  Civil rights workers,  African American civil rights workers,  Race relations,  Civil rights,  Civil rights movements,  Burgerrechten,  Politieke bewegingen,  Evers, medgar wiley, 1925-1963,  African americans, biography,  Collected works (single author, multi-form)

People: Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963),  Medgar W. Evers

Places: Mississippi,  Jackson,  Jackson (Miss.),  Verenigde Staten

Times: 20th century