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Author Bowers, Rick, 1952- author.

Title Spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement / by Rick Bowers.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2010]
United States of America
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA323.1 B677    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 323.11 BOW    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 323.1196 BOWERS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 323.1196 BOW    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Young Adult  YA 323.11 BOW    Check Shelf
Description vii, 120 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience 1290 Lexile.
Note "Text design by Eva Absher"--Title page verso.
Summary In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116) and index.
Contents Foreword / Wade Henderson -- The Genesis -- Growing outrage, growing backlash -- "Bible" -- Pipeline -- Delta blues -- Death of a dream -- Savior of segregation -- Clandestine war -- Never, never land -- Overflowing the jails -- Battle for Ole Miss -- In the dead of the night -- Secret benefactor -- Agent X -- Marked men -- Magnolia curtain -- "Destroy this directive" -- What happened next -- Documents.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2011.
Subject Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission -- History.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. (OCoLC)fst00726640
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951- -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans -- Segregation. (OCoLC)fst00799695
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
States' rights (American politics) (OCoLC)fst01716031
Mississippi. (OCoLC)fst01207034
African Americans -- Mississippi. -- History.
States' rights -- History.
Civil rights movements -- History.
Mississippi -- Politics and government.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Chronological Term Since 1900
Genre/Form Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010.
Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Bowers -- 2010.
Young adult literature.
Literature.
Added Author Absher, Eva. Book designer.
National Geographic Society (U.S.) Publisher.
ISBN 9781426305955 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1426305958 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781426305962 (library binding ; alkaline paper)
1426305966 (library binding ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9781426305962 90000
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