{"product_id":"of-long-memory-mississippi-and-the-murder-of-medgar-evers-paperback","title":"Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Nossiter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Nossiter\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and before that the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Algeria Hotel: France, Memory, and the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been writing about the South for nearly 20 years. He lives in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.96 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45383193493606,"sku":"9780306811623","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dmo5UVVjQU1CQlgzbWhQcEtrZG1JZz09.webp?v=1775040964","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/of-long-memory-mississippi-and-the-murder-of-medgar-evers-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}