{"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":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adam Nossiter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies - American - African American \u0026amp; Bl\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","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355738693783,"sku":"9780306811623","price":1826.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306811623.webp?v=1767308979","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/of-long-memory-mississippi-and-the-murder-of-medgar-evers-9780306811623","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}