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The year 1956 saw the creation of the mississippi state sovereignty commission, a special agency charged with preserving the right of the state to govern itself without interference from the federal government or private pressure groups. During the civil rights movement, the state of mississippi created an elaborate spy network. The anticivil rights organization was hidden in plain sight in an unassuming office in the mississippi state capitol. Author rick bowers has combed through primarysource. Depending on the study guide provider sparknotes, shmoop, etc. Author rick bowers has combed through primarysource materials and interviewed surviving activists named in oncesecret files, as well. Spies of mississippi is the true story of the spy network formed to undercut the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s.
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