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Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn And Made America A Democracy (2010)

by Bruce Watson(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0670021709 (ISBN13: 9780670021703)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: A fascinating subject to read about in depth -- and this book DOES go in depth. There is fertile ground to mine here in the contrast between Mississippi and the rest of the nation, as well as between the black, battle-tested SNCC members and the naive, idealistic, white volunteers.My only qualms are that Watson sometimes gets overly cute in how he sets the stage for various moments in the book. His research and the scope of this book is impressive, nonetheless.
review 2: This book was amazing. I read it for a class on Civil Rights and Liberties and it tore me apart. That is how you know it is well written. I had never before heard about the historic Freedom Summer in Mississippi. I knew about Emmitt Till and Medgar Evers and MLK, about churchs and violenc... moree, sorrow and the eventual victory, but I didn't know about this one amazing summer that altered lives and set the state of Mississippi on the path to saving itself even while it saved the rest of the Union. I think that if you truly want to be informed about the Civil Rights Movement, the 60's, grassroots mobilization and both the good and bad of the American identity you have to read this book. I can give it no higher praise. less

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