A Cry in the Night: The City of Lights' Dark Side

by Mary S. Brown Durr

The book, A Cry in the Night, based on the murder of a seventeen year old civil rights participant, provides a general background on the life of Negros in Canton, Mississippi during the Jim Crow era. The city of Canton, now the city of lights was once a city embedded in darkness as Negros struggled for justice and equality. It focuses primarily on the role of the civil rights movement dealing with boycott, integration, voter registration, and death. Recommend for general reading.

100 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2013

Reviews

[Alicia]

This book is a nice short snapshot of U.S. history. It discusses the more intriguing actions and dilemmas of the Civil Rights Movement in the South. It reads more like a textbook than a memoir for the most part, but the storyline is very dramatic when it is described. The writing wasn’t bad but contained numerous errors. Would I read more by this author? Probably not. Would I recommend this book to others? Yes.

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