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Black Diva of the Thirties

The Life of Ruby Elzy

University Press of Mississippi

The biography of a black operatic soprano who died too soon

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Fear and What Follows

The Violent Education of a Christian Racist, A Memoir

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a working-class, Southern Baptist upbringing that transformed into a nightmare of bigotry and bullying in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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David L. Jordan

From the Mississippi Cotton Fields to the State Senate, a Memoir

University Press of Mississippi

The inspiring autobiography of a cotton field worker who became a major force for change in Mississippi

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The Nominee

A Political and Spiritual Journey

University Press of Mississippi

A firsthand account of the murky, faith-straightening processes by which federal judges are confirmed

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William F. Winter and the New Mississippi

A Biography

University Press of Mississippi

The life story of the Mississippi governor known for his fight for education and racial reconciliation

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Death in the Delta

Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret

University Press of Mississippi

A search for the truth behind a fateful shoot out and decades-old cover up

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Transformed

A White Mississippi Pastor’s Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond

University Press of Mississippi

How a clergyman joined his mayor and fellow ministers to defy massive resistance

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The Last Resort

Taking the Mississippi Cure

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a childhood at Allison's Wells and one woman's combat with the hypocrisies of segregated society

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Buryin' Daddy

Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest

University Press of Mississippi

How one woman embraced her roots and reconciled with her family and Dixie

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Squint

My Journey with Leprosy

University Press of Mississippi

How a sufferer of Hansen’s disease emerged from isolation and devoted his life to advocacy

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Coming to Colorado

A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer

University Press of Mississippi

The inspiring sequel to German Boy: A Refugee's Story

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Shelby Foote

A Writer's Life

University Press of Mississippi

A biography that plumbs the ambiguous life of the gentlemanly novelist and historian

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Katherine Anne Porter

The Life of an Artist

University Press of Mississippi

A biography capturing the incomparable life and times of one of America’s finest writers

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Poe

University Press of Mississippi
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Foster Care Odyssey

A Black Girl's Story

University Press of Mississippi

An African American woman’s unblinking look at her troubled years as an unwanted child in foster care

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German Boy

A Refugee’s Story

University Press of Mississippi

A refugee child’s witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet occupation, and his family’s debacle in war

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