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Author Trillin, Calvin, author

Title Jackson, 1964 : and other dispatches from fifty years of reporting on race in America / Calvin Trillin

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  305.8 .T735j    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 305.8009 T829j 2016    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr xxi, 275 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Introduction -- Jackson, 1964 (Jackson, Mississippi, 1964) -- The Zulus (New Orleans, Louisiana, 1964) -- During The Thirty-Third Week of National Guard Patrols (Wilmington, Delaware, 1968) -- A Hearing : "In the Matter of Disciplinary Action Involving Certain Students of Wisconsin State University Oshkosh" (Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1968) -- Doing The Right Thing Isn't Always Easy (Denver, Colorado, 1969) -- Categories (Provo, Utah, 1970) -- G.T. Miller's Plan (Luverne, Alabama, 1970) -- Not Super-Outrageous (Houston, Texas, 1970) -- Victoria Delee : In Her Own Words (Dorchester County, South Carolina, 1971) -- Kawaida (Newark, New Jersey, 1972) -- Causes and Circumstances (Seattle, Washington, 1975) -- The Unpleasantness at Whimsey's (Boston, Massachusetts, 1976) -- Remembrance of Moderates Past (1977) -- Black or White Louisiana (1986) -- The Color of Blood (Long Island, New York, 2008) -- State Secrets (Mississippi, 1995)
Summary An anthology of previously uncollected essays, originally published in "The New Yorker," reflects the work of the eminent journalist's early career and traces his witness to the fledgling years of desegregation in Georgia
Subject United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
OCLC # 930364205
ISBN # 9780399588242
0399588248