The Smell of Burning Crosses

The Smell of Burning Crosses
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9781496824868
ISBN-13 : 1496824865
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Smell of Burning Crosses by : Ira Harkey

Journalist Ira Harkey (1918–2006) risked it all when he advocated for James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi as the first African American student in 1962. Preceded by a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court and violent, deadly rioting, Meredith’s admission constituted a pivotal moment in civil rights history. At the time, Harkey was editor of the Chronicle in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he published pieces in support of Meredith and the integration of Ole Miss. In 1963, Harkey won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing after firmly articulating his advocacy of change. Originally published in 1967, this book is Harkey’s memoir of the crisis and what it was like to be a white integrationist editor in fiercely segregationist Mississippi. He recounts conversations with University of Mississippi officials and the Ku Klux Klan’s attempts to intimidate him and muzzle his work. The memoir’s title refers to a burning cross set on the lawn of his home, which occurred in addition to the shot fired at his office. Reprinted for the fifth time, this book features a new introduction by historian William Hustwit.

Burning Crosses and Activist Journalism

Burning Crosses and Activist Journalism
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Publisher : University Press of America
Total Pages : 171
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ISBN-10 : 9780761849551
ISBN-13 : 0761849556
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Burning Crosses and Activist Journalism by : Jan Whitt

Burning Crosses and Activist Journalism: Hazel Brannon Smith and the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement celebrates the contributions of the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing (1964). Owner and publisher of four weekly newspapers in Mississippi, Smith began her journalism career as a states rights Dixiecrat and segregationist, but became an icon for progressive thought on racial and ethnic issues. Though befriended by editors such as Hodding Carter Jr. and Ira B. Harkey Jr., Smith was a target of the White Citizens' Council and was boycotted by advertisers. During the civil rights movement, a cross was burned in her yard and one of her newspaper offices was firebombed. Before her death in 1994, she endured foreclosure, memory loss, and public humiliation, but she never lost faith in journalism or in the power of informed debate.

The Smell of Burning Crosses

The Smell of Burning Crosses
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781496824882
ISBN-13 : 1496824881
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Smell of Burning Crosses by : Ira Harkey

Journalist Ira Harkey (1918–2006) risked it all when he advocated for James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi as the first African American student in 1962. Preceded by a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court and violent, deadly rioting, Meredith’s admission constituted a pivotal moment in civil rights history. At the time, Harkey was editor of the Chronicle in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he published pieces in support of Meredith and the integration of Ole Miss. In 1963, Harkey won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing after firmly articulating his advocacy of change. Originally published in 1967, this book is Harkey’s memoir of the crisis and what it was like to be a white integrationist editor in fiercely segregationist Mississippi. He recounts conversations with University of Mississippi officials and the Ku Klux Klan’s attempts to intimidate him and muzzle his work. The memoir’s title refers to a burning cross set on the lawn of his home, which occurred in addition to the shot fired at his office. Reprinted for the fifth time, this book features a new introduction by historian William Hustwit.

American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary

American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9780820337241
ISBN-13 : 0820337242
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary by : Deborah Barker

"Placing the New Southern Studies in conversation with film studies, this book is simply the best edited collection available on film and the U.S. South.---Grace Hale. University of Virginia --

American Red Cross Bulletin

American Red Cross Bulletin
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 984
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015011018705
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis American Red Cross Bulletin by :

Bulletin no. 1 includes: Letter from the secretary of war, transmitting the Report of the proceedings of the American National Red Cross. (Jan. 1906). (59th Cong., 1st Sess. House. Doc. No. 383).

Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781101190180
ISBN-13 : 1101190183
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Freedom Summer by : Bruce Watson

A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America. "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." -Washington Post

The cross (Korset)

The cross (Korset)
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : IOWA:31858016599593
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The cross (Korset) by : Sigrid Undset

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
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Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages : 1510
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105006357276
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by : Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The Hammer and the Cross

The Hammer and the Cross
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 549
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ISBN-10 : 9781466823303
ISBN-13 : 1466823305
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hammer and the Cross by : Harry Harrison

In this rich and exciting alternate history, a Science Fiction Hall of Famer “evokes the spirit and atmosphere of the so-called Dark Ages” (Publishers Weekly). 865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests. Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A blacksmith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom—and launch an all-out war between. . . . The Hammer and the Cross. “Savage, inventive, compelling.” —Piers Anthony, New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth series “Few historicals are as powerfully evocative of time and place as Harrison’s tremendous saga.” —Kirkus Reviews

Jugari Cross

Jugari Cross
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Publisher : Ravi Hanj
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Jugari Cross by :

Jugari Cross is a suspense thriller woven around the everyday incidents that occur with an ordinary farming couple's life. The story set within 24 hours is not just a typical suspense thriller with a trace of history and a literary quest, but enormously stimulates the reader to analyze the broader spectrum of philosophy, literature, and the principles of global economies established around us. I hope the reader community will appreciate how this suspense thriller gives the glimpses of nature, ecology, social reforms, literature, global/local economies, and many more social dimensions.