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Book Title: Breach of Peace : Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders
Item Length: 12in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 8.7in
Author: Eric Etheridge
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 40.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 265 Pages
