One Mississippi, two Mississippi : Methodists, murder, and the struggle for racial justice in Neshoba County / Carol V.R. George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Carol V. R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodists--Mississippi--Neshoba County--History.

Methodists.

History.

Neshoba County (Miss.)--Race relations--History.

Neshoba County (Miss.).

African Americans--Crimes against--History--Mississippi--Neshoba County.

African Americans.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Mississippi.

Mississippi--Neshoba County.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 298 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Contents:

Part 1 History and Memory: Settling Longdale, Mississippi, and Mt. Zion Methodist Church

1 As We Remembered Zion, 1833-1890 7

2 Mt. Zion Church and its Memories, 1878 on 21

3 "I Was Never Scared": Mt. Zion in the Jim Crow Years, 1890-1954 36

Part 2 The Great Anomaly: The Methodist Episcopal Church and Its Black Members

4 Sanctified Segregation: Black Methodists and the Central Jurisdiction, 1920-1940 61

5 The Segregationist Insurgency and the Policizaion of Mississippi Methodism, 1940-1954 76

6 In the Aftermath of Brown: The Racial Struggle inside the Mississippi Methodist Church, 1954-1964 91

7 "Segregation Is Not Unchristian": Methodists Debate Desegregation, 1956-1964 102

8 Remembering the Neshoba Murders, 1963-1964 118

Part 3 Mt. Zion's Witness: Creating Memories

9 Morality and Memory in Neshoba in the Sixties 141

10 Truth and Tradition in Neshoba County, 1964-1967 155

11 The Struggle for Inclusive Schools and Churches, 1964-1974 167

12 "A Tight Little Town" Tackles Its Future, 1980-2000 181

13 Addressing Unfinished Business: The Philadelphia Coalition 204

14 The Contested Past: Black Justice and the Killen Trial 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190231088

0190231084

OCLC:

892895262