Spies of Mississippi
The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: vii, 120 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Teen literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Teen literature.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Teen literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: NC1290L
ISBN:
9781426305962 (reinforced)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Bow | Southeast | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Bow | Wheatley (Shandon) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection