Description: CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small remainder mark top edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2020 Simon & Schuster hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: “For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This book is his amazing story. Thanks to him, and to courageous prosecutors, witnesses, and FBI agents, justice finally prevailed.” —John Grisham. On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings, in what would become known as the “Mississippi Burning” case, were among the most brazen acts of violence during the civil rights movement. And even though the killers’ identities, including the sheriff’s deputy, were an open secret, no one was charged with murder in the months and years that followed. It took forty-one years before the mastermind was brought to trial and finally convicted for the three innocent lives he took. If there is one man who helped pave the way for justice, it is investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell. Mitchell takes readers on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings from the days of the civil rights movement, decades after the fact. His work played a central role in bringing killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer, the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham and the Mississippi Burning case. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents, found long-lost suspects and witnesses, building up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan. He takes us into every harrowing scene along the way, as when Mitchell goes into the lion’s den, meeting one-on-one with the very murderers he is seeking to catch. His efforts have put four leading Klansmen behind bars, years after they thought they had gotten away with murder. Shipping via USPS media mail within 2 days of order. Books cleaned before shipment. Questions welcome & answered.
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Book Title: Race Against Time
Book Series: Historical
Item Length: 9in.
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.2in.
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, DJ in mylar cover, Black Boards, No illustrations
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Murder / General, Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Journalism, Criminology, Race Relations & the South
Item Width: 6in.
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: 1st edition; 1st printing
California Prop 65 Warning: NONE
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Civil Rights History
Literary Movement: Journalist Memoirs
Era: 1970's
Illustrator: NONE
Author: Jerry Mitchell
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Social Science, Political Science, American History, Civil Rights Movement
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 22.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
