Description
On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers--James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner--were murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Florence Mars, a native of Philadelphia, recounts the grim circumstances of the killings and describes what happened to a community confronted by a challenge to long-held beliefs.
Author: Florence Mars
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 02/01/1989
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.58w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780807115664
ISBN10: 0807115665
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General
Author: Florence Mars
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 02/01/1989
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.58w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780807115664
ISBN10: 0807115665
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General
About the Author
Florence Mars, who has spent most of her life in Neshoba County, Mississippi, has also lived in Atlanta and New Orleans. A freelance photographer, many of whose photographs illustrate this book, Mars has had pictures of Mississippi rural scenes and New Orleans architecture, parades, and jazz bands in such publications as the New York Times and Time.
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