RACE AGAINST TIME: Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
by MITCHELL, Jerry
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- ISBN 10
- 1451645139
- ISBN 13
- 9781451645132
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Simon & Schuster, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small remainder mark top edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2020 Simon & Schuster hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: "For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This book is his amazing story. Thanks to him, and to courageous prosecutors, witnesses, and FBI agents, justice finally prevailed." -John Grisham. On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings, in what would become known as the "Mississippi Burning" case, were among the most brazen acts of violence during the civil rights movement. And even though the killers' identities, including the sheriff's deputy, were an open secret, no one was charged with murder in the months and years that followed. It took forty-one years before the mastermind was brought to trial and finally convicted for the three innocent lives he took. If there is one man who helped pave the way for justice, it is investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell. Mitchell takes readers on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings from the days of the civil rights movement, decades after the fact. His work played a central role in bringing killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer, the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham and the Mississippi Burning case. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents, found long-lost suspects and witnesses, building up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan. He takes us into every harrowing scene along the way, as when Mitchell goes into the lion's den, meeting one-on-one with the very murderers he is seeking to catch. His efforts have put four leading Klansmen behind bars, years after they thought they had gotten away with murder.
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- 003536
- Title
- RACE AGAINST TIME: Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
- Author
- MITCHELL, Jerry
- Illustrator
- No illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1451645139
- ISBN 13
- 9781451645132
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- Civil Rights Movement, the 60s, MIssissippi Burning, Investigative Reporters, Medgar Evers, Church bombings, American history, American South, True Crime, Journalist biography, memoirs,
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; Anthropology: Race Relations; American History: The South; American History: Government Agencies;
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