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  • Transformed

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

    Series series Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
    In May 1964, Bill McAtee became the new minister at Columbia Presbyterian Church, deep in the Piney Woods of south Mississippi. Soon after his arrival, three young civil rights workers were brutally murdered outside Philadelphia, Mississippi. Many other activists from across the country poured into the state to try to bring an end to segregation and to register Black citizens to vote. Already ... Read more

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  • Transformed

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

    Series series Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
    In May 1964, Bill McAtee became the new minister at Columbia Presbyterian Church, deep in the Piney Woods of south Mississippi. Soon after his arrival, three young civil rights workers were brutally murdered outside Philadelphia, Mississippi. Many other activists from across the country poured into the state to try to bring an end to segregation and to register black citizens to vote. Already ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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