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9780465021055

Ever Is a Long Time A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past A Memoir

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465021055

  • ISBN10:

    0465021050

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-03
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

In June of 1957, Governor James Coleman stepped before the cameras of "Meet the Press" and was asked whether the public schools would ever be integrated. "Well, ever is a long time," he replied, "[but] I would say that a baby born in Mississippi today will never live long enough to see an integrated school." In this extraordinary pilgrimage, Library of Congress Publishing Director W. Ralph Eubanks recaptures the feel of growing up during this tumultuous era, deep in rural Mississippi. Vividly re-creating a time and place where even small steps across the Jim Crow line became a matter of life and death, he offers eloquent testimony to a family's grace against all odds. Inspired by the 1998 declassification of files kept by the State Sovereignty Commission-an agency specifically created to maintain white supremacy-the result is a journey of discovery that leads Eubanks not only to surprising conclusions about his own family, but also to harrowing encounters with those involved in some of the era's darkest activities.

Author Biography

W. Ralph Eubanks is a native of Mount Olive, Mississippi. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C., where he is the Director of Publishing at the Library of Congress.

Table of Contents

Prologue, xi
PART ONE: SAFE IN A SEA OF CALM
One Mo'nt Ollie,
3(18)
Two Car Wheels on a Gravel Driveway,
21(18)
Three Mighty Fine People,
39(26)
Four Magnolias and Mayhem,
65(12)
PART TWO: TERROR AND MAGNIFICENCE
Five "The Names Included in This File...,"
77(32)
Six "Ever Is a Long Time,"
109(22)
Seven Rebel Flags and Bullet Holes,
131(24)
PART THREE: SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH
Eight Facing the Firebrand,
155(16)
Nine Down a Dark Trail,
171(12)
Ten True Believers,
183(12)
PART FOUR: RECONCILIATION
Eleven A Trusty Compass,
195(10)
Twelve Goin' Down South,
205(18)
Epilogue: Return to a Very Cool Place, 223(8)
Acknowledgments, 231

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