From Countermemory to Collective Memory: Acknowledging the "Mississippi Burning" Murders

Sociological Forum

Volumn 30, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 648-670

  Whitlinger, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights movement; Collective memory; Commemoration; Race relations; Silence; U.S. South

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930246699     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12182     Document Type: Article

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