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Hunting for the Mississippi

In Books Tagged In Camille Bouchard, Cavelier De La Salle, French in North America, La Belle Expedition, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and YA Novel.

The year is 1684. Twelve-year-old Eustache Bréman leaves behind a life of misery begging on the streets of France for a second chance in the New World with with his mom, his sweetheart Marie-Élisabeth, and Marie-Élisabeth’s family. But life is tough, with plenty more tragedy and disappointment to come on Cavelier De La Salle’s ill-fated… Read more »

Challenging the Mississippi Firebombers

In Books Tagged In 1960s, African American, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Fanny Lou Hamer, Jewish History, Mississippi, Racism, Supreme Court And Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Zimmerman.

“An original source of living history about the civil rights movement.” Stacey J. White, Mississippi Valley State University “a meticulous, second to none look…” Esther Callens, The Birmingham Times In June 1964 young black and white civil rights workers risked their lives in the face of violence, intimidation, illegal arrests, and racism to register as… Read more »