{"product_id":"the-mississippi-civil-rights-movement-and-the-kennedy-administration-1960-1964-a-history-in-documents-9780807168745","title":"The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Kennedy Administration, 1960-1964: A History in Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1960s, civil rights activists and the Kennedy administration engaged in parallel, though not always complementary, efforts to overcome Mississippi's extreme opposition to racial desegregation. In \u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Kennedy Administration, 1960-1964\u003c\/i\u003e, James P. Marshall uncovers this history through primary source documents that explore the legal and political strategies of the federal government, follows the administration's changing and sometimes contentious relationship with civil rights organizations, and reveals the tactics used by local and state entities in Mississippi to stem the advancement of racial equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historian and longtime civil rights activist, Marshall collects a vast array of documents from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and excerpts from his own 1960s interviews with leading figures in the movement for racial justice. This volume tracks early forms of resistance to racial parity adopted by the White Citizens' Councils and chapters of the Ku Klux Klan at the local level as well as by Mississippi congressmen and other elected officials who used both legal obstructionism and extra-legal actions to block efforts meant to promote integration. Quoting from interviews and correspondence among the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee members, government officials, and other constituents of the Democratic Party, Marshall also explores decisions about voter registration drives and freedom rides as well as formal efforts by the Kennedy administration--including everything from minority hiring initiatives to federal litigation and party platform changes--to exert pressure on Mississippi to end segregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a carefully curated selection of letters, interviews, government records, and legal documents, \u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Kennedy Administration, 1960-1964\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the struggle to advance racial justice for African Americans living in the Magnolia State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James P. Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.49h x 7.05w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807168745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames P. Marshall, author of \u003ci\u003eStudent Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi: Protest Politics and the Struggle for Racial Justice, 1960-1965\u003c\/i\u003e, is an independent scholar and former nonresident fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40412451274867,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_720e9798-c8b9-4e51-bff1-226e9a22e89a.jpg?v=1662126705","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-mississippi-civil-rights-movement-and-the-kennedy-administration-1960-1964-a-history-in-documents-9780807168745","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}