Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement. Rick Bowers
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      Copyright © 2010 Richard J. Bowers.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Bowers, Rick, 1952-

      The spies of Mississippi : the true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights movement / by Rick Bowers. – 1st ed.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-4263-0595-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4263-0596-2 (library binding : alk. paper)

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-4263-0736-2

      1. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission–History. 2. African Americans–Civil rights–Mississippi–History–20th century. 3. African Americans–Segregation–Mississippi–History–20th century. 4. States’ rights (American politics)–History–20th century. 5. Mississippi–Politics and government–1951-6. Mississippi–Race relations. 7. Civil rights movements–Mississippi–History–20th century. I. Title.

      E185.93.M6B69 2010

      323.1196’0730762–dc22

      2009018944

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Acknowledgments

       Foreword

       Prologue

       1 The Genesis

       2 Growing Outrage, Growing Backlash

       3 The “Bible”

       4 The Pipeline

       5 The Delta Blues

       6 Death of a Dream

       7 The Savior of Segregation

       8 The Clandestine War

       9 Never, Never Land

       10 Overflowing the Jails

      Photo Inserts

       11 The Battle for Ole Miss

       12 In the Dead of the Night

       13 The Secret Benefactor

       14 Agent X

       15 Marked Men

       16 The Magnolia Curtain

       17 “Destroy This Directive”

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