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Title: An American Insurrection : The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle ISBN: 0-385-49969-8 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great detailed account
Comment: William Doyle has written an excellent account of the events surrounding Meredith's entry into Ole Miss. Particularly noteworthy is his detailed account of the behind the scenes negotiations between the Kennedys and Mississippi's segregationist governor, Ross Barnett. The book's depiction of the riot is also rich: Doyle vividly potrays the chaos that reigned in Oxford during the riot. The narration is gripping and this book is an entertaining read.
I thought the book was not nearly as strong in the final 30 pages. There is no clear direction to the book's "conclusion." Doyle sort of vasillates between providing updates on the book's main characters and attempting to place the riot into a historical perspective. While both are interesting, this portion of the book drags on.
Overall, a very enjoyable read.
Rating: 5
Summary: I was there on that very morning.
Comment: I am 62 years old now. On that morning when
the 716th MP Battalion was brought to the campus,
I was in one of the groups exactly as pictured in
the middle of the book. At the time I had no idea
what the big picture was. I just did as I was told.
I was in the army for about a year prior to that day,
but never had live ammunition except for practice.
We had our gas masks on and our bayonets fixed. We
were each handed one clip of live ammunition for
our M-1 rifles. I vividly remember my knees literally
knocking together as we stood there waiting for the
trouble that never came at that time. We had heard
that a soldier had been killed prior to that. This
book is giving me the big picture and a full under-
standing of how we got there and why we were there.
I am finding this book to be riviting and educational.
I heartily recommend it. Mike Cuggino, NY.
Rating: 5
Summary: Absorbing reading
Comment: While one can quibble with some things in this book (the author seems to draw on anti-Kennedy books for his material on the Kennedys) all in all it tells the story well, and is really exciting, even tho one is appalled that there could be in the 20th century such benighted persons as instigated and participated in the insurrection to prevent a student entering Ole Miss. The last chapter tho makes a person feel better and I am glad the author spent some time finding out what happened to the people involved in the tumultous events of October, 1962. How pleasant to know that the student body president, the newspaper editor, the quarterback, and the head basketball coach in 2000-2001 were all African-American, and how stupid the rioters must feel now about the views they had in 1962. This is a popular account but it is great reading.
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Title: Meridian by Alice Walker ISBN: 067172701X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, Race Reparations, and Reconciliation by Alfred L. Brophy, Randall Kennedy ISBN: 0195161033 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War by Victoria E. Bynum ISBN: 0807854670 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset ISBN: 0807009199 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class by Mary Pattillo-McCoy ISBN: 0226649296 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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