"He'll be back," said one of the Ku Klux Klan members to the crowd of supporters. "His kind always comes back, and when he does, we'll be ready for him. We're organized, and we'll get him, and he'll be sorry he ever heard of the great state of Mississippi!" A rebel cheer went up with fists in the air.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964, marked the beginning of the end of the segregation of the races in the United States. Many people believe the Act would not have had the success it had if there had not been the public outrage occurring, because of the tragic murders of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman just a few days before the signing of the Act. These three young men were among the hundreds of volunteering young people from all over the nation who were a part of "Freedom Summer", the voter registration drive organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
This book is about the events leading up to the murders in Neshoba County, Mississippi, the backgrounds of the victims, the search for their bodies and their ruthless Ku Klux Klan killers, and the resulting trial before a White Mississippi jury. Although this story is a novel it accurately portrays the major events as they occurred.