June 21, 2014, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the infamous Neshoba County murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.

And, while it is good to remember and honor the victims of such devastating tragedies, it is also painful-particularly for those personally connected.

Detour Before Midnight is a unique historical memoir that casts you right in the heart of Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, rendering the civil rights movement through the passionate eyes of a young African American girl.

Bernice Sims was...