| Racism on Trial: From the Medgar Evers Murder Case to Ghosts of Mississippi Contributor(s): Coleman, Wim (Author), Perrin, Pat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766030598 ISBN-13: 9780766030596 Publisher: Enslow Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.13 Product Type: Library Binding Published: January 2009 Annotation: After Medgar Evers, a civil rights worker, was shot in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963, a local white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith was arrested for the crime. Two court cases ended in mistrials. But due to the efforts of Everss widow Myrlie and District Attorney Bobby DeLaughter, Beckwith was finally brought to justice more than thirty years after the murder. Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin describe the history of the crime, the legal concepts involved, and the movie made about the events, GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Law & Crime - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts - Film |
| Dewey: 345.762 |
| LCCN: 2008021483 |
| Series: Famous Court Cases That Became Movies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (0.80 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Black History |