John Dittmer

John Dittmer (1939–2024) was author of Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920 and Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize. He taught in the history departments at Tougaloo College, Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and DePauw University, where he was professor emeritus.

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Aaron Henry

The Fire Ever Burning

By Aaron Henry and Constance Curry; Introduction by John Dittmer
University Press of Mississippi

The memoir of a fearless black leader in the civil rights struggle in Mississippi

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The Good Doctors

The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care

University Press of Mississippi

The extraordinary tale of health care professionals who fought the crippling effects of segregation and challenged the medical establishment

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Mississippi Eyes

The Story and Photography of the Southern Documentary Project

By Matt Herron; Foreword by John Dittmer
University Press of Mississippi, University Press of Mississippi/Talking Fingers Publications

In words and pictures, the incredible story of photographers documenting the Freedom Summer of 1964 and social change throughout the Deep South

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