TY - BOOK N2 - Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life. AB - Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life. T1 - Freedom summer :the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / DA - c2010. CY - New York, N.Y. : AU - Watson, Bruce, CN - E185.93.M6 CN - E185.93.M6 PB - Viking, PP - New York, N.Y. : PY - c2010. ID - 342018 KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights movements KW - Civil rights workers SN - 9780670021703 SN - 0670021709 TI - Freedom summer :the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / ER -