{"product_id":"of-long-memory-mississippi-and-the-murder-of-medgar-evers-9780306811623","title":"Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers","description":"The history is well known: On June 12, 1963, Mississippi's courageous NAACP chief, Medgar Evers, was gunned down by white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith. Tried twice by all-white juries, Beckwith escaped conviction for three decades. But then Mississippi began to confront its tormented past. And in the 1990s, when Beckwith was sent to jail by a crusading young prosecutor, the family of Medgar Evers finally got justice. Hailed as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the Lillian Smith Award, \u003ci\u003eOf Long Memory\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this remarkable reversal took place. Nossiter uses the tools of memory, history, and reportage--and the clear vantage point of an outsider, a Northerner--to portray an entire state quite literally summoning up its ghosts. A new epilogue discusses other civil rights cases now being reconsidered, and skillfully shows how the South is finding a way to create justice where none had existed before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306811623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 5.88w x 0.90d","brand":"Adam Nossiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635530854556,"sku":"9780306811623","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a91e8158-6893-44c8-a2f9-d0e6bdc87c90.jpg?v=1603839815","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/of-long-memory-mississippi-and-the-murder-of-medgar-evers-9780306811623","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}