Author

Publication

1998 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/72
  • LCCPN1997.G447 M67 1998

Description

Willie Morris brings together the harsh realities of race and the magical illusions of Hollywood in an unusual book about the making of the movie Ghosts of Mississippi and its more complicated historical background: the 1963 assassination of the courageous civil rights activist Medgar Evers and the conviction thirty years later of his killer, Byron De La Beckwith, in one of the most striking cases in the annals of American jurisprudence. The Ghosts of Medgar Evers is not only a dramatic account of the making of a major motion picture about one of the most heinous crimes of this century; it is also an examination of the murder itself and the people involved that explains why it took so long for justice to prevail.

Subjects

Topics

AssassinationRace relationsBeckwith, Byron de laNew York Times reviewedMississippi -- Race relationsJackson (Miss.) -- Race relationsGhosts of Mississippi (Motion picture)

People

Byron de la BeckwithMedgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963)

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Other Editions

  • The ghosts of Medgar EversRandom House1998

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