Jackson, Mississippi, was the last place Dr. Brandon Sparkman would have chosen to work back in 1970. But an anonymous, threatening letter lured him there. In this memoir and historical documentary, Sparkman narrates what it was like to try to ensure a quality education for all students in Jackson and to save the schools from complete chaos and destruction during the height of desegregation. "Called to Jackson, Mississippi: Th e Last Bastion of Segregation" tells how, as a school administrator, he regularly faced rebellious communities, hostile parents, disruptive students, defiant elected...

Jackson, Mississippi, was the last place Dr. Brandon Sparkman would have chosen to work back in 1970. But an anonymous, threatening letter lured him there. In this memoir and historical documentary, Sparkman narrates what it was like to try to ensure a quality education for all students in Jackson and to save the schools from complete chaos and destruction during the height of desegregation. "Called to Jackson, Mississippi: Th e Last Bastion of Segregation" tells how, as a school administrator, he regularly faced rebellious communities, hostile parents, disruptive students, defiant elected...