Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

CTL-E-4860 · Work · book · 2013

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2013 book by Simeon Booker (University Press of Mississippi), described by Congress as one of two highly acclaimed books chronicling the civil rights era.

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'Shocking the Conscience' (2013) was written by Simeon Booker.

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Congress.gov - H.R.4137 (114th Congress): Simeon Booker Congressional Gold Medal bill text

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