mississippi

A bildungsroman of an African-American boy in 1930s-40s Mississippi who experiences the violent consequences of racism and sexual repression while coping with his strained relationship with his father.

Collection of black-and-white photographs taken in Mississippi during the depression.

A collection of black-and-white photographs taken by author Eudora Welty between the 1930s and 1950s, many of which depict the people of the rural South.

Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. When the Chicago police come for him, LeRoy must decide if he is going to risk his life testifying.

Surveys the people, geography, and history of the state of Mississippi.

A biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice.

Billionaire Carl Trudeau, upset over a shocking verdict against his chemical company by a Mississippi jury and convinced that the Supreme Court will not be friendly to his appeal, decides to take the less expensive route of purchasing a seat on the Court by recruiting, financing, manipulating, marketing, and molding an unsuspecting young candidate.

Joe Christmas, who appears to be white but is part African-American, kills Joanna Burden, a spinster with whom he has had an affair. He is captured, castrated, and killed by outraged townspeople.

Describes the struggle for civil rights for African-Americans in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Set in the 1930s in a small Mississippi town the story is about racism and about a ten-year-old boy who is convicted of and executed for murdering a white girl.