In the early months of 1965; the killings of two civil rights activists inspired the Selma-to-Montgomery marches; which became the driving force behind the passage of the Voting Rights Act. This is their story.“Bloody Sundayâ€â€”March 7; 1965—was a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle. The national outrage generated by scenes of Alabama state troopers attacking peaceful demonstrators fueled the drive toward the passage of the Voting Rights Acts later that year. But why were hundreds of activists marching from Selma to Montgomery that afternoon? Days earlier; during the crackdown on another protest in nearby Marion; a state trooper; claiming self-defense; shot Jimmie Lee Jackson; a 26-year-old unarmed deacon and civil rights protester. Jackson’s subsequent death spurred local civil rights leaders to make the march to Montgomery; when that day also ended in violence; the call went out to activists across the nation to join in the next attempt. One of the many who came down was a minister from Boston named James Reeb. Shortly after his arrival; he was attacked in the street by racist vigilantes; eventually dying of his injuries. Lyndon Johnson evoked Reeb’s memory when he brought his voting rights legislation to Congress; and the national outcry over the brutal killings ensured its passage. Most histories of the civil rights movement note these two deaths briefly; before moving on to the more famous moments. Jimmie Lee James is the first book to give readers a deeper understanding of the events that galvanized an already-strong civil rights movement to one of its greatest successes; along with the herculean efforts to bring the killers of these two men to justice—a quest that would last more than four decades.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. An eye-opener...a must read for those who wish to understand what is happening in the US and the worldBy Henry KadochDisinformation is not just a defunct Cold War strategy. It is applied routinely in every day America in the framing of stories by the mainstream media; smear campaigns against candidates and the speeches made by foreign leaders. Ion Pacepa and Ronald Rychlak's "Disinformation" provides the history behind the strategy; and how it was perfected in some of the most devious but effective campaigns of all time; including fomenting Islamic Jew-hatred in the Middle East beginning in the 1970s; the trashing over many decades of Pope Pius XII as "Hitler's Pope;" despite his saving the lives of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust; creating and fomenting the Vietnam-era anti-war movement that persists to this day; and hundreds of other movements designed to undermine the Western world and bolster the aims of the Communists. With the impeccable clarity and entertaining anecdotes that could only be provided by one who executed the strategy at the top of the KGB system and practiced its methods; Lt. Gen. Pacepa provides a compelling story of how the Soviet Union came to employ more agents in disinformation and propaganda then as traditional spies worldwide during the height of the Cold War. This strategy was devised to turn the West's heart against itself and scramble its collective mind; the devastating effects of which are clearly evident today.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I was jolted awake.By Daniel PhillipsAfter fighting on several fronts in Southwest Asia (my recent a few months ago against notable enemies to both the West and East) coupled with the rhetoric of the recent Presidential election; I realized I needed to brush-up on ideological subversion and propaganda as it seemed so many (around the world) have bought hook; line; and sinker; nearly a century of disinformation. This book was the key to understanding what is going on now; how we got here; and why. I can't recommend this book enough. Read it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great eye-opening book on revisionist historyBy PeterGreat eye-opening book on revisionist history. To the victor go the spoils; and the ability to write his own history. But this book investigates what the truth actually is. It runs counter to many things that we hold for true here in the West. Marxism has made deep inroads into the West more than ever before today and the populace is both blind to it but given the generations of education and conditioning; they are sadly receptive to it as well from their exposure to Disinformation.Another great book I recommend; especially as it relates to the Catholic Church and the maligned history of Christianity in general; is the newly released book Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History by Rodney Stark; who though isn't a Catholic himself; he covers some overlapping topics to Disinformation such as the false narrative Hitler's Pope and other falsities like the Spanish Inquisition and Anti-Semitism in Christianity.
