The Smell of Burning Crosses: An Autobiography of a Mississippi Newspaperman

by Ira Harkey

Book Overview

Journalist Ira Harkey (1918-2006) risked it all when he advocated for James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi as the first African American student in 1962.

Preceded by a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court and violent, deadly rioting, Meredith's admission constituted a pivotal moment in civil rights history. At the time, Harkey was editor of the Chronicle in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496824857
• ISBN13: 9781496824851
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"