Mississippi Conviction
Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fall of the Klan
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2026
Summary
Mississippi Conviction: Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fall of the Klan recounts a remarkable and underreported story of conscience, courage, and moral reckoning at the height of the civil rights era in Mississippi.
On Father’s Day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan after visiting a burned church in Neshoba County. The brutal killings shocked the nation and launched a major FBI investigation into Mississippi’s “cl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496862334 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1496862333 |
| Author: | Stephen J. Gordin, Carl E. McArn |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“I highly recommend this book, which highlights lesser-known players within the civil rights movement. The story is engaging, and the authors add layers of information to familiar stories, such as Freedom Summer and the deaths of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, where we learn of Delmar Dennis’s role as an FBI informant in greater detail than ever.” - Devery S. Anderson, author of Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
About The Author
Stephen J. Gordin
Stephen J. Gordin is a former editorial writer and a freelance author of several novels, children’s books, and nonfiction professional articles. He is a native and current resident of South Carolina.
Carl E. McArn II is a native of Mississippi and the son of one of the main subjects of this work, Reverend Carl McArn. He currently lives in the upstate of South Carolina.
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