Denise M. Fries Romack, C&I 454, Spring 2011

1. Denise M. Fries Romack, C&I 454, Spring 2011 Spies of Mississippi: The true story of the spy network that tried to destroy the civil rights Movement. (by Rick Bowers)

2. Video/Film to use with book: • http://www.trilogy-films.com/projects/spies.html • This is a short documentary that accompanies the book. This was produced in 2010 by Trilogy Films. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTWn7asTNU • See a short “book commercial” promoting the book Spies of Mississippi complete with actual pictures from the Civil Rights Movement! • http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297502-1 • In this video, the viewer can listen and watch as Mr. Rick Bowers, author of Spies of Mississippi, discusses his book.

3. Video/Film, con’t. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-sZDv86H4 • This is a short blurb from Mr. Rick Bower’s speech regarding his book, Spies of Mississippi. This presentation was at The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVf3FxKxJU • This is a video of Governor Ross Barnett delivering his “I Love Mississippi” Speech in September of 1962. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqofI8hN1FI • This is President John F. Kennedy’s televised and radio-broadcast address to the nation regarding James Meredith’s enrollment at Ol’ Miss. This was delivered on 30 September 1962.

4. Video/Film, con’t. • http://mdah.state.ms.us/ • At this site, you may also access The Message from Mississippi. This is a film from July of 1960. This is located at MDAH under Digital Archives.

5. Audio & Digital Files to use with book: • http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123811970 • This is an interview with Michel Martin of NPR News and the author of Spies of Mississippi, Mr. Rick Bowers. You may read the transcript of the interview as well as hear the interview. • http://mdah.state.ms.us/ • The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) has many reports that are in their digital archives. These include “Agent X Reports,” Reports from Hal DeCell and the MSSC, Reports from Virgil Downing, MSSC Investigator, Reports from A.L. Hopkins, Reports from Henry Harrison Humes, “A Report of the First 18 Months of the Public Relations Program,” MSSC-Sovereignty Commission Records, Reports from Operator #79, Report from Tom Scarborough, and Reports from Zach C. Van Landingham among others .

6. Book Reviews of Book: • http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy/2011/01/06/review-spies-of-mississippi/ • Welcome to a book review of Spies of Mississippi. This review was completed by School Library Journal , 6 January 2011. • http://able2know.org/topic/169195-1 • An Editorial Review of the book Spies of Mississippi by Booklist. • http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/2011/01/12/spies-of-mississippi-by-rick-bowers/ • This is a book review by Kay McGriff, a Language Arts teacher in Southern Indiana.

7. Misc. materials: • http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/olemiss/home/ • This link takes you through the history of “Integrating Ole Miss-A Civil Rights Milestone.” • http://blog.spymuseum.org/html/2011/01/qa-with-author-rick-bowers/ • At this site, you may read an interview with Mr. Rick Bowers, author of Spies of Mississippi, and The International Spy Museum. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_Sovereignty_Commission • This is the Wikipedia explanation of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission that is detailed in the book, Spies of Mississippi.

8. Misc. materials, con’t. • http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/nonfiction/ALA_print_layout_1_455309_455309.cfm • This is a link to the YALSA awards, including the book Spies of Mississippi. • http://mdah.state.ms.us/ • The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) maintains many records that support this book. • http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/mississippi/f1.html • This is an account of the “Riot at Ol’ Miss” in September of 1962.