THE MARTYRS 1966 JACK MENDELSOHN FIRST EDITION WDJ RACIAL JUSTICE * CIVIL RIGHTS

Description: THE MARTYRS: 16 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE by JACK MENDELSOHN PUBLISHED by HARPER & ROW 1966 FIRST EDITION AS STATED WITH LETTER CODE B-Q MAKING IT A FIRST PRINT DUST JACKET IS IN A CLEAR PROTECTIVE ACID-FREE COVER, JACKET STILL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF $5.00, JACKET HAS CHIPPING AT CORNERS AND SPINE TIPS WITH WORST AT TOP OF SPINE, THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE STILL HAVE VIBRANT COLORS AND GOOD GLOSS AND THE WHITE BACK COVER HAS MINOR SOILS, THE CLEAR PROTECTIVE COVERS HAS COME SURFACE SCUFFS, THE BOTTOM OF SPINE HAS A 1/2" RTEAR WITH A CREASE, THE MIDDLE AREA OF SPINE HAS INDENT/CRUNCH LIKE MARK THE BLACK CLOTH COVER WITH SILVER LETTERING IS TIGHT AND SQUARE WITH LIGHT RUBS AND BUMPS AT CORNERS, THERE ARE SOME LIGHT MOISTURE STAINS AT TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ( I HAVE 2 DIFFERENT PICS OF THE COVER TO SHOW SAMPLE), SPINE LOOKS GOOD WITH MINOR WEAR AT TOP AND LIGHT BLUNTED BOTTOM AND THE MIDDLE RIGHT EDGE OF SPINE HAS BUMP/INDENT (SEE PICTURE) THE INSIDE OFF-WHITE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE TIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SOILS MOSTLY AT EDGES THE 227 PAGES ARE TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH 8 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS ** SYNOPSIS: THIS POWERFUL AND MOVING BOOK IS A ROLL OF HONOR FOR SIXTEEN WHO DIED IN THE CAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE DECADE SINCE THE 1954 SUPREME COURT DECISION AGAINST SEGREGATION. TEN WERE NEGRO, SIX WERE WHITE––ELEVEN MEN, ONE WOMAN, FOUR CHILDREN. ALL WERE MURDERED IN ALABAMA AND IN MISSISSIPPI––BY DYNAMITE AND BY GUN. THEIR STORIES ARE TRAGIC, BUT THEY ARE ALSO TRIUMPHANT. THE LIVES OF THESE SIXTEEN TRANSCEND THEIR DEATHS; THOUSANDS–––EVEN MILLIONS–––HAVE SWORN THAT THEIR MARTYRDOM WILL NOT BE IN VAIN. DR. MENDELSOHN TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO GATHER THE MATERIALS FOR THIS BOOK. HE VISITED FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND WITNESSES TO THE DEATHS OF THE MARTYRS. HE OBTAINED ACCESS TO FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, TO PRIVATE DIARIES, TO UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEWS AND OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS GIVING INSIGHT INTO THE PERSONALITIES OF THESE MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. . . ** 5G19W21#316(60) I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU

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