Title: Spies of Mississippi
Description: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Subjects: Politics and government, Race relations, States' rights (American politics), African Americans, Civil rights, Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, Civil rights movements, Segregation, Juvenile literature, History
Places: Mississippi
Time periods: 1951-, 20th century