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Maryanne Vollers
Maryanne Vollers is the author of In Order to Live, a powerful memoir. She writes compelling non-fiction that explores difficult human experiences.
Ghosts of Mississippi
Synopsis
In 1963 Mississippi, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Three decades later, Beckwith was finally convicted of murder after two previous mistrials. Journalist Maryanne Vollers recounts the inside story of Mississippi's struggle to confront its violent past and bring a killer to justice. This account details the uneasy alliance between Evers's widow and a young white prosecutor, capturing the journey from the old South to the new.