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Race against time : a reporter reopens the unsolved murder cases of the civil rights era

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2020

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Format:	Book
Author:	Mitchell, Jerry, author.
Title:	Race against time : a reporter reopens the unsolved murder cases of the civil rights era / Jerry Mitchell.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Simon & Schuster, [2020] ©2020
Description:	421 pages ; 24 cm
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 publisher. 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. 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 "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 publisher.
Subjects:	Mitchell, Jerry. Mitchell, Jerry. Mitchell, Jerry. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Ku Klux Klan. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Journalists -- Mississippi -- Biography. Investigative reporting -- Southern States. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Southern States. Murder -- Southern States. Civil rights movements -- Southern States. Civil rights workers -- Southern States. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV). BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers. TRUE CRIME / Murder / General. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Investigative reporting. Journalists. Murder. Journalists -- Biography. Civil rights movements -- Southern States. Journalists -- Mississippi -- Biography. Investigative reporting -- Southern States. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Southern States. Murder -- Southern States. Civil rights movements -- Southern States. Civil rights workers -- Southern States. Mississippi. Southern States.
Genre:	Autobiographies. True crime stories. True crime stories. Biographies. True crime stories. Autobiographies.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-407) and index.
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. 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.
LCCN:	2019030562
ISBN:	9781451645132 1451645139 * 9781451645149 * 1451645147 * 9781451645156
Other Number:	1110672375
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