mississippi

A Harvard freshman pieces together the strange story of a southern tragedy involving an ambitious planter who settled in Mississippi in 1833.

The autobiography of an African-American writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn.

Chronicles the growth of the blues in the Mississippi Delta Region and offers insight into its importance in African-American culture.

Describes how black guide Holt Collier's plea for Teddy Roosevelt to spare the life of a bear led to the creation of the teddy bear.

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

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.

Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

Examines the life of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, discussing his youth and education, his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and his assassination in 1963.

Presents a brief biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activits and leader, and includes information on her childhood, her achievements, and her legacy.