A brilliant history of black politics and white resistance in post civil rights era Mississippi. Danielson s work helps to fill the yawning gap in the black politics historiography between the Black Power movement and contemporary black politics. Additionally he makes a critical contribution to the literature of the racial realignment of the two major political parties. A must-read G. Derek Musgrove, University of the District of Columbia

A sobering account of what happened after the singing and marching stopped. Danielson s masterful analysis of Mississippi s racially divided...

"A brilliant history of black politics and white resistance in post-civil rights era Mississippi. Danielson s work helps to fill the yawning gap in the black politics historiography between the Black Power movement and contemporary black politics. Additionally, he makes a critical contribution to the literature of the racial realignment of the two major political parties. A must-read "--G. Derek Musgrove, University of the District of Columbia

"A sobering account of what happened after the singing and marching stopped. Danielson's masterful analysis of Mississippi's racially divided...