Three Lives for Mississippi

by William Bradford Huie

Book Overview

In the civil rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for civil rights, reached the low point in its history. On that steamy night three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia.

Their names were James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Two were from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578062470
• ISBN13: 9781578062478
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Dreaded Assignment becomes Starvation for More

I was given this book to read as an assignment in my Sociology class at college. I dreaded reading the book and put the assignment off as long as I could. However,once I started reading I could not put it down. Huie does a great job, through his interviews and quest for the truth, at putting you as close to the people and events of this historical time as one possibly could. It displays the most extreme and openly admitted amount of prejudice toward the African Americans held by the citizens of the state of Mississippi during the 1960's.

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What makes this book interesting is that it was written between the murders and the trial. Huie knew who the murderers were, how they did it, and never expected a guilty verdict.The book introduces you in detail to Michael (Mickey) Schwerener and all the details leading up to his murder. This detail will help you understand exactly why and how these murders took place.This latest edition includes updates by the author to compare his early speculation against the results of the trial.