God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights

by Charles Marsh

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer when violence against blacks increased at an alarming rate and when the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi resulted in national media attention. Charles Marsh takes us back to this place and time,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691266352
• ISBN13: 9780691266350
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"