Goudsouzian, Aram

While there are longer studies replete with more detail already on the shelves, this shorter treatment is certainly worthy of attention as a reliable assessment of this critical election that established a new political environment for years to come. Suitable for most collections.

After civil rights leader James Meredith was shot and injured while marching from Memphis to Jackson, his contemporaries flocked to Mississippi to take up his torch, resulting in a three-week demonstration that resisted brutal attacks from state police and brought together old guard and new...