Stranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi Book Detail
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Prospecta Press (June 10, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935212842
ISBN-13: 978-1935212843
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
Stranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi Book Synopsis
During the summer of 1964, over one thousand people, including many college students went to Mississippi as part of a state wide effort to register African-American voters and to establish teaching centers that became known as "Freedom Schools."
Participants began their training at a college campus in Ohio. Motivated by a strong sense of social justice, Tracy Sugarman, an artist and commercial illustrator from Westport, Connecticut, joined the volunteers in Ohio and set out to document the people and events of what turned out to be an historic period. Sugarman joined the freedom riders, and while somewhat older and more experienced than most of them, was an active participant throughout.
Sugarman traveled to Mississippi and shared all the experiences of the workers as well as their fears and anxiety as they were greeted by anger and violence by many white Mississippians. Sugarman describes and beautifully illustrates the living conditions, day-to-day activities, and the interpersonal relationships that developed between the host families and the visitors.
The author introduces us and vividly portrays many of the important people in the movement, including Bob Moses and many others, but he also focuses on the ordinary citizens and hosts.
Other works have set forth the significant events that occurred during that summer, including especially the Goodman/Schwerner/Chaney murders that took place in Neshoba County and startled the American public. This first hand account focuses more on the human experiences and its meaning for participants. It is an essential source of information about what Freedom Summer did for those who took part in it and now, with the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Stranger at the Gates will bring to life this momentous period for modern readers.
Most of the wonderful illustrations created for the 1966 edition of Stranger at the Gates have been reproduced here, and as a special bonus, 26 illustrations that were not included in the original book are included in a gallery of Freedom Summer in brilliant drawings that bring to life, in Tracy Sugarman's powerful reportorial style, the people and places of 1964 Mississippi.
Stranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi Book Review
Of all that has been written about Freedom Summer in Mississippi, Tracy Sugarman's account manages to humanize the events more than other authors. Some 1000 people, including many college students, spent the summer of 1964 in Mississippi registering voters and running freedom schools. Beginning with their training in Ohio and continuing through the travel to Mississippi and to the shared experiences of the workers, Sugarman describes living conditions, day-to-day activities, and of particular interest interpersonal relationships that developed between the host families and the visitors. The author acquaints us with some important people in the movement, including Bob Moses, but he also focuses on the ordinary citizens and hosts. Other works have provided great detail of significant events that occurred that summer, including the Goodman/Schwerner/Chaney murders in Neshoba County. But this book focuses more on the human experiences and the meaning of it all. It is an essential source of information about what Freedom Summer did for those who took part in it. Get online Stranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi today.
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