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Bowers, Rick, 1952-

Spies of Mississippi the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement / [electronic resource] : by Rick Bowers. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010. - 1 online resource (100 p.) : ill.

OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).

Includes bibliographical references.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.

ISBN: 9781426307362 (electronic bk.) 1426307365 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--History--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi.--20th century--Juvenile literature
African Americans--Segregation--History--Mississippi--20th century--Juvenile literature.
States' rights (American politics)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation--History--Mississippi--20th century.
States' rights (American politics)--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi--Politics and government--1951---Juvenile literature.
Mississippi--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi--Politics and government--1951-
Mississippi--Race relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E185.93.M6 / B69 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1196/0730762