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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan

the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate
  • Bowers, Rick
Bowers traces Superman's evolution within the context of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, oppression from the New Deal of the 1930s, and the battle against fascism during WWII.

Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan

the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate
  • Bowers, Rick
Presents a group of interconnected stories that come together in the 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan, following the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the powerless, the people who made Superman a media sensation, and the club that spread fear and hate.
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Spies of Mississippi

the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement
  • Bowers, Rick
Chronicles how the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission attempted to halt racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s through an extensive propaganda effort to label civil rights leaders and their followers as communists.

The Spies of Mississippi

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 11:25

Includes bibliographical references and index. It was 1956, amd the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. Across the nation, African Americans were demanding their rights and the Supreme Court was ruling in their favor. But a system of segregation rooted in white supremacy had been a way of life for two hundred years in the deep south, and Mississippi was not changing its ways without a fight. Thus was born a new arm of the state: a secret propaganda, espionage, and dirty tricks agency.

The spies of Mississippi

the true story of the spy agency that tried to destroy the civil rights movement
  • Bowers, Rick
2010

Spies of Mississippi

the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement
  • Bowers, Rick
2010
Chronicles how the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission attempted to halt racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s through an extensive propaganda effort to label civil rights leaders and their followers as communists.

Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan

the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate
  • Bowers, Rick
2012
Presents a group of interconnected stories that come together in the 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan, following the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the powerless, the people who made Superman a media sensation, and the club that spread fear and hate.
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