mississippi

Presents biographical information on Faulkner, and examines various analyses of his work for insights into the issues that lie under the surface of the plots of his writings.

Contains newspaper articles, editorials, poems, songs, interviews, essays, and memoirs that shed light on the relationship between memory and history through an examination of the case of Emmett Till, an African-American teen who was murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman.

The story of a dog and his closest companion, the author, during their growing years in a small town in Mississippi.

The author recounts his experiences in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s.

An illustrated introduction to Mississippi that covers the geography, climate, weather, plants, animals, history, people, cities, transportation, natural resources, industry, sports, and entertainment of the state.

Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and places of Mississippi, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Mississippians.

Presents a graphic novel describing the life, accomplishments, and murder of Medgar Evers, a NAACP fighter for African-American civil rights.

Provides details of daily life on a wealthy cotton plantation in the southern U.S. during the 1850s and 1860s, discussing the big house, slave cabins, clothing, children, school, work, and food.

Introduces the geography, history, people, and environmental issues of Mississippi.

Jacquetta May Logan makes a desperate attempt to rescue her family's Morgan horses and lead them to safety after Union soldiers take over her family's planation in Mississippi during 1863.