Mississippi Black Paper

Niebuhr, Reinhold (Foreword); Carter, Hodding, III (Introduction);

Published by Random House, New York, New York, 1965

About this Item

Presents a collection of 57 testimonies, affidavits, & statements, selected from approximately 257 provided in a lawsuit brought by victims of police brutality under the direction of Sheriff Lawrence A. Rainey (a noted white supremacist) & other public officials across the state of Mississippi, a sample chosen to represent both the variety & cruelty of the violence inflicted against African American citizens & civil rights workers as they engaged in peaceful protests & marches during the late 1950s-early1960s. Primarily concerned with helping Blacks secure the right to vote, these participants describe beatings, trumped up charges used to arrest & jail them, harassment, & even murder. Analysis exposes the "legalized injustice" perpetrated by both the police & court system in Mississippi during this period, &, as theologian & political philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr (who won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964) argues in his Foreword, should galvanize the country around the absolute necessity of passing the Civil Rights Bill that was at that time still pending in Congress (President Lyndon Justice would sign it into law in July 1964). A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1965, in 92 pages + black-and-white photo by Frederick DeVan (appears twice) of police beating an unarmed Black man. With white/black/red decorative wrappers, this softcover quarto is in VG+ condition: completely clean inside, moderate toning to white cover, slight creasing to black back cover, chip to outer-lower corner of same cover. Minor rubbing to extremities. Interior pages off-white with mild tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Glued binding straight & strong.Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 024038

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mississippi Black Paper

Publisher: Random House, New York, New York

Publication Date: 1965

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good+

Edition: First Edition First Printing