Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement

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Label

Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement

Title remainder

the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement

Statement of responsibility

by Rick Bowers

Creator

• Bowers, Rick, 1952-

Subject

• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
• Mississippi -- Race relations
• YALSA Nonfiction Award honor book
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Young adult literature
• Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History
• Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History -- Juvenile literature
• Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Juvenile literature
• States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
• Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Young adult literature

Language

eng

Summary

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

Awards note

YALSA Nonfiction Award finalist, 2011.

Dewey number

323.1196/0730762

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Intended audience

NC 1290

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

E185.93.M6

LC item number

B69 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography