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Bowers, Rick
2 Reviews
Bowers, Rick
Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
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YA
In 1946, the producers of the Superman radio show deployed their character's popularity in a campaign against bigotry. Bowers explains how he dug through myths, examined original archives, and reached tentative conclusions about what most likely happened and why. A complex history of organizations guided by both ideology and profit, people both well-meaning and flawed, and shifts in popular sentiment. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: J.L. Bell
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2012
Bowers, Rick
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of The Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
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YA
This intriguing book looks at how the supporters of segregation--in the form of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--gained and enforced their considerable power. Chronologically ordered, the volume climaxes with James Meredith's enrollment in the University of Mississippi in 1962, a story Bowers tells with journalistic immediacy. Reproduced documents (appended) from the actual commission allow the evidence to speak for itself. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2010
2 reviews
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