Like a Holy Crusade

By Nicolaus Mills

Book Overview

A stirring and saddening account of the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 and the turning of the civil rights movement in America. Mills recalls the triumphs of the episode but also shows how the quest for racial solidarity turned divisive and laid the foundations for the black power movement. A very moving book, a chronicle of a remarkable moment. Studs Terkel. Extremely readable and fair-minded....Mills lets participants speak for themselves, which many of them do with a touching eloquence. New York Times Book Review.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566630266
• ISBN13: 9781566630269
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A good book about the civil rights movement in Mississippi

This book gives one a good idea about what the SNCC had to endure during the 1960's. Specifically the Summer Project in 1964 is addressed. I enjoyed reading the book. Finished it in one day. What I miss, however, is what impact the changes in the civil rights status for blacks in Mississippi had on the psychy of the white community. What happened to the racist ideology? How did those people deal with the changes that were finally implemented in the state of Mississippi?