About the Author

Myrlie Evers-Williams is the widow of slain civil rights hero Medgar Evers and former chairwoman of the NAACP. She has continued the work of her late husband throughout her life. Manning Marable, one of the most important black scholars to emerge since the civil rights movement, is Professor of History, Political Science and Public Policy at Columbia University. The author of over a dozen books he lives in New York City.

Reviews

"Once the leader in the number of lynchings in America, today Mississippi leads in the number of elected black officials. It's part of Medgar Evers' legacy--paid for in blood--and stamped on the lives of Mississippians, from the state capitol of Jackson to the cornfields of Newton County where Medgar Evers grew up."