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In the 1950's and 1960's Mississippi was a hotbed of racial violence. Racist groups responded to the growing civil rights movement with increased violence, in a desperate attempt to maintain white supremacy. Bombings were common across the state. Homes and churches were not spared. The mayor of Natchez saw his house go up in flames simply because he said that African Americans deserved equal protection under the law. Lynching was also viewed as a valuable tool for preserving the old social order of the South. Many people disappeared in the night and were never seen again. Some were killed because of their activism, while others were killed simply because of their skin color. It was a terrifying period for African Americans and those advocating equality in Mississippi.Given this hostile climate, it would be decades before many of the murder cases from this period received a proper investigation. The first legitimate investigation into a heavily publicized civil rights era murder in Mississippi did not occur until 1989, when authorities reopened the Medgar Evers murder case. Many in Mississippi credit the Evers case with jump-starting investigations into other unsolved slayings from the civil rights era. That case showed people that it was still possible to pursue justice in decades old cases. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The previous edition of this book has been considered as the last word in information about the tax sale process in Mississippi.It has been used by investors, attorneys, Tax Collectors, Chancery Clerks, and many others.Anyone interested in tax sales and how they work, should find what they need in this new edition.Veteran and potential tax purchasers, banks, title and mortgage companies, and property owners, will find a great deal of important data.It is written for everyone, in non-technical language, and also includes the actual Mississippi Code and Attorney General opinions for further review.If you want to know about how the sale works, what happens afterwards, and want proof that the information is correct, then this is the book for you. ... Read more

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The FBIenforced the law by violating the law.

Would you believe the FBI planted evidence and received the help of the Mafia to obtain confessions and information to enforce the civil rights law in Mississippi?The violation of civil rights of the defendants in some of the civil rights cases is confirmed by the secret records of J. Edgar Hoover.This information was obtained by the author from the New York forensic investigator for the 9-11 Commission of the U.S. Congress. ... Read more

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The final curtain
I found the book to be very informative & well written with scads of valuable information. I am amazed that the so called leaders of our society do not seem to be bother by what transpired.

Excellent Mississippi memoirist
As an avid amateur student of Mississippi history, I'm a fan of any book by W.O. "Chet" Dillard and would highly recommend all three that he's written--The Final Curtain, Clearburning, and Caveats from the Bench. Dillard's memories of his rough upbringing in rural Mississippi during the Depression make for a vivid portrait of what people endured during those harsh years in the South. He overcame these hardships and went on to become a distinguished lawyer, judge, and public official. Through the many years of his career, he's consistently shown the ability to take fresh, intelligent, and critical looks at the upheavals he witnessed in Mississippi during the civil rights era and beyond. The Final Curtain is a great addition to an important body of work by a man who was there to see so many momentous changes occur firsthand.

Alex Heard, editorial director, Outside magazine

The Final Curtain:Burning Mississippi by the FBI
As a concerned citizen I found this book,about the conduct of an agency of government that is supposed to protect our constitutional rights, very revealing and disturbing.With the exhibits and first hand information presented, it is obvious that people, who were otherwise guilty of unpardonable crimes, were nonetheless convicted utilizing illegal and unconstitutional means (the Mafia).

This episode in our history is well presented and should concern every citizen because without equal protection of the law everyone is vulnerable. This book exposes the FBI for what they really are: politically motivated and they think that the ends justifies the means.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in seeing that our system of justice is not used for political expediency. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place." When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing.But what will it cost him to know? Mississippi Trial, 1955 is a gripping read, based on true events that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. ... Read more

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great transaction
The book arrived in perfect condition. It also arrived in a timely fashion and am very pleased with this transaction.

Students Love It!
My students were required to read this novel. They loved it so, that it was hard to get them to put it down. Most of the students read the book in two days! As a culminating activity we viewed the film The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Tilland we conducted a comparison of the two. The students learned so much about this historical moment in history and I plan to make this a required reading next year as well!

1 out of 4 teachers would use this for a classroom
If you are not a teacher, you probably don't want to read this review...

We were introduced to this book through a graduate class and were intrigued with the idea that Chris Crowe's book renewed interest in the life, death and trial of Emmett Till.Our reviews, however, are conflicting.Truth be told, only one out of four of us would use this in our classroom.Our debates range from accurate portayal of historical events to an intriguing narrative intended to stimulate interest.
Exagggerated and invented events are the author's license, but when used to dramatize the already factually horrific events of Emmett's demise, they weaken the impact it had on us and we wonder who was impacted enough to pursue a reopening of the case.
The one teacher who would use this book in her classroom felt like the book represented the historical fiction genre well and would be engaging for middle school students.This is an ideal gateway book to pique curiosity into learning more about Emmett Till and origins of the Civil Rights Movement.

Meghan MC, Chris W., Lori O. and Erinn L.

Mississippi Trial, 1955
At first, Hiram is excited about visiting his favorite grandfather in Greenwood, Mississippi.But before long, Hiram begins to feel that the small town of Greenwood is not the same place where he spent the golden years of his childhood.Then he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting over the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how local white folk treat blacks who "don't know their place."When Emmett's body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to make sure justice is served.But what will it cost him?

Mississippi Trial, 1955 begins during Hiram's childhood with his grandpa in Greenwood, Mississippi.His parents could not raise him at the time because Hiram's dad was in the process of getting a master's degree in English at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).Hiram's heart was broken when he had to move to Tempe, Arizona for his father's job. Flash forward a few years.When Hiram was sixteen, his father reluctantly decided he was old enough to go back to Greenwood for the summer.Hiram arrived there happy, but as time went on, he could not shake the feeling that something was different.Then he met Emmett Till, a nice young black boy from Chicago.Hiram and Emmett see each other a few times at the Tallahatchie River, where Hiram played and shared food with Emmett (it was a little unusual down there for whites to hang out with blacks, but Hiram didn't mind). A few days later, a body of a young black man was found in that same river.Hiram thinks he knows something about the hate crime.A day before, Hiram's racist friend, RC Rydell, said something about planning to murder a black boy.Meanwhile, there is a huge media blow-up throughout the country about this cruel crime, so Hiram tells the country sheriff about what he heard.Hiram was subpoenaed to the impending trial to present his evidence, despite his grandfather's misgivings about it.At the trial, the defendants, Mr. Bryant and Mr. Milam, explained how Emmett had made rude gestures to Mrs. Bryant the day before the homicide, but neither of them had killed Emmett.The plaintiff, Emmett's uncle Mose, said that Emmett had been kidnapped by the two men and driven off, never to be seen again.However, there was another man in the car, a blue Ford pickup truck by the looks of it.Just as he was about to testify about RC, Hiram discovered that RC had not even been in town the night of the murder, so it could not have been him.The all-white jury found Bryant and Milam innocent of all charges, even though they, in fact, did kill the young man.The morning after the trial, a few men came to pick up grandpa's blue Ford pickup after they bought it from him a couple days beforehand.Grandpa claimed the transmission went bad, but Hiram was not so sure.Finally, Ralph Remington, a neighbor who would talk in circles to anyone, told Hiram the real story of what had happened.Grandpa had been the third man in the pickup and had sold the truck to remove the evidence and perhaps, a little of his guilt.Hiram felt sick to his stomach, as if his whole world was crashing down.A couple days later, Hiram went back home to Tempe, where he and his father finally saw eye-to-eye... Dad had been right, the south was not a good place to be.

Mississippi Trial, 1955 is an excellent book to spite the sad reality of events.There is happiness as well to balance it out in this historically accurate story.

There were many examples of sadness in Mississippi Trial.One was when Hiram was a child, his grandma died.Hiram was very much upset, because he had lived with his grandparents for so long.Another example of sadness was when Hiram's new friend, Emmett Till, was found brutally murdered in the Tallahatchie River.The last bit of sadness was when Hiram discovered that his grandfather, whom he had known and trusted all his life, was part of the group who killed Emmett.That was like the final blow - Hiram felt broken after that.

The examples of happiness in Mississippi Trial were sparse, but nonetheless, they were there.One happy moment was when Hiram's father granted him permission to go back to Greenwood, the small town Hiram loved.Another was when he saw Naomi, the girl whom he rather liked, again.Hiram was happy because now he had someone who would criticize him when he talked about everything that was going on.The last example of happiness in the book was when Hiram and his dad made up when he came home - they did not always see eye-to-eye and they always argued.

Mississippi Trial was historically accurate in many ways, although the story about Hiram and his family was all fiction.One historically correct aspect of the book was, of course, the cold-blooded murder of Emmett Till, which aroused the entire nation.Another historically correct part was when Hiram's grandfather explained to Hiram that the Jim Crow Laws were the only thing keeping the southern schools segregated.The last major historically correct element of the story were how the jury was all white men, how the black people had to sit in the back of the courthouse, and how grandpa, a cotton farm owner,said the only reason black people were put on the Earth was so they could work the fields.

Mississippi Trial, 1955 was a very good book - I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good historically correct story, but does not mind a little bit of sadness mixed I as well, although there was happiness to balance things.


-Elizabeth H =]

Mississippi Trial, 1955
Welcome to the Delta. Back in 1955, slavery was still the way of life in Mississippi. No one cared about crimes committed to colored people. When a young colored boy is murdered for whistling at a white woman, no one but a young white boy, Hiram Hillburn, cared. I recommend this book to people who like reading about history.
This book really makes you appreciate the basic rights that we take for granted every day no matter what color or sex you are. Nowadays if you murder someone, you will suffer the consequences. The two men that murdered the colored boy, Emmit Till, got away with the murder with no punishment just because they were white.
Chris Crowe did an extremely good job of writing this book. The way he describes everything puts a descriptive picture in your mind. When a bully named R.C. Rydell was messing with Emmit Till, you can actually picture R.C. shoving fish guts all over Till's face. You can also see the tears dripping down the cheeks of Till's loved ones.
Suspense is a key factor in a book, but this book barely had any suspense. Once you figure out about the trial, you can already assume how the book is going to end by the reaction of the people in the Delta. Nobody cared about the murder, and some were happy about it because "it showed colored people their place".
This was a mediocre book. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't good enough. Sometimes it just got really boring and you get tempted to put the book down and never pick it up again. Like when Hiram was dreaming about Naomi Rydell, R.C.'s sister. I only recommend this book to people who like reading about history.
D. Clayton
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The slaying of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1964 was a notorious event documented in Howard Ball's 2004 book Murder in Mississippi. Now Ball revisits that grisly crime to tell how, four decades later, justice finally came to Philadelphia.

Originally tried in 1967, Baptist minister and Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was set free because one juror couldn't bring herself to convict a preacher. Now Ball tells how progressive-minded state officials finally re-opened the case and, forty years after the fact, enabled Mississippians to reconcile with their tragic past.

The second trial of 80-year-old "Preacher" Killen, who was convicted by a unanimous jury, took place in June 2005, with the verdict delivered on the forty-first anniversary of the crime. Ball, himself a former civil rights activist, attended the trial and interviewed most of the participants, as well as local citizens and journalists covering the proceedings.

Ball retraces the cycle of events that led to the resurrection of this "cold case," from the attention generated by the film Mississippi Burning to a new state attorney general's quest for closure. He reviews the strategies of the prosecution and defense and examines the evidence introduced at the trial-as well as evidence that could not be presented-and also relates first-hand accounts of the proceedings, including his unnerving staring contest with Killen himself from only ten feet away.

Ball explores the legal, social, political, and pseudo-religious roots of the crime, including the culture of impunity that shielded from prosecution whites who killed blacks or "outside agitators." He also assesses the transformation in Mississippi's life and politics that allowed such a case to be tried after so long. Indeed, the trial itself was a major catalytic force for change in Mississippi, enabling Mississippians to convey a much more positive national image for their state.

Ball's gripping account illuminates all of this and shows that, despite racism's long stranglehold on the Deep South, redemption is not beyond the grasp of those who envision a more just society. ... Read more

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An Unrepentant Terrorist is Brought to Justice
Edgar Ray Killen!Philadelphia, Mississippi!The names strike fear into those who remember the brutal slaying of three civil rights workers on June 21, 1964.Author Howard Ball follows up his previous book entitled Murder in Mississippi with a retrial of "Preacher" Edgar Ray Killen who was one vote from conviction by a jury in 1967.A woman, who has since regretted her vote, said she couldn't bring herself to convict a preacher.The author provides us with the virulent atmosphere that prevailed in the deep south in the 1960's and the attitudes of those who resented anyone poking their collective noses into their way of life.Many of those who were convicted in the 1967 trial received light sentences and resumed their way of life upon release from prison.For 41 years Mr. Killen was able to enjoy the life of a quasi-celebrity in his home town while others feared to even mention the terrible deed that hung over the town of Philadelphia's reputation.Upon Killen's conviction in 2005 racist Richard Barrett requested a "Killen Appreciation Day" on the lawn of the Neshoba County Courthouse so people could come around and shake this terrorist's hand.Such actions make one wonder just how far we still have to go to bring individuals kicking and screaming out of their sordid past.This is a book that will absolutely disgust you while still providing you with some sense of justice in this country however belatedly it may have occurred. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: J. B. Smith & co. in 1859 in 636 pages; Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; History / United States / General; History / United States / 19th Century; Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric; Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech; Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking; ... Read more

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