What I’m reading: Charles W. Eagles, The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss
A longtime professor at the University of Mississippi, Eagles writes about a pivotal event in the civil rights movement and in the history of his institution. (Fittingly, I picked up this book at Square Books, a terrific independent bookstore in Oxford, Mississippi, the home of the university.)
What I’ve just finished reading: Alan Brinkley, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century
Thoughtful, judicious, intelligent and highly recommended — what we have come to take for granted from Brinkley, in short. I await his next work eagerly, whatever the subject matter.
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September 8, 2010 at 4:58 pm |
Michael – Wonderful book! I read it last year when it was first published. If you like this book, I would also recommend The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation. It was written by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, chronicles 1954 to Selma and beyond. There is an entire chapter on the race riots at Ole Miss. Fascination book, especially for those of us with a love affair with journalism.
September 8, 2010 at 5:04 pm |
Thanks, Stacy! Yes, Race Beat has been on my radar . . . among many books!