Title |
Spies of Mississippi the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement
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Names |
Bowers, Rick.
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Book Number |
DB073180
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Investigative journalist examines Mississippi's Sovereignty Commission, founded in 1956 to help the state maintain racial segregation. Traces its transformation from a public-relations tool into a spy network that reported on civil rights activists. Reveals the group's clandestine operations and its legacy of bigotry. For grades 6-9. 2010.
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Narrator |
Downer, Patrick.
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Local Subject |
Young Adult Book - YA
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Short Book - SH
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Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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Politics and Government - POL
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Juvenile Book - JU
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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For grades 6-9.
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LC Subject |
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature
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African Americans - Segregation - Mississippi - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature
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Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature
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States' rights (American politics) - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature
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Mississippi - Politics and government - 1951 - Juvenile literature
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Mississippi - Race relations - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j323.11960730762 JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2010
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2010 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010. 9781426305955
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