Bibliograph

Race against time, a reporter reopens the unsolved murder cases of the civil rights era, Jerry Mitchell

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Race against time, a reporter reopens the unsolved murder cases of the civil rights era, Jerry Mitchell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-407) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Race against time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1110672375

Responsibility statement

Jerry Mitchell

Sub title

a reporter reopens the unsolved murder cases of the civil rights era

Summary

"An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases--decades after they had gotten away with murder"--, Provided by publisherMitchell 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. 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 June 21, 1964 murder of three civil rights workers by more than twenty Klansmen. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents, found long-lost suspects and witnesses, and built up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner -- Medgar Evers -- Vernon Dahmer Sr. -- Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley -- James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner

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