{"product_id":"mississippi-conviction-stephen-j-gordin-9781496862327","title":"Mississippi Conviction: Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fall of the Klan","description":"\u003ci\u003eMississippi Conviction: Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fall of the Klan\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a remarkable and underreported story of conscience, courage, and moral reckoning at the height of the civil rights era in Mississippi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Father's Day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan after visiting a burned church in Neshoba County. The brutal killings shocked the nation and launched a major FBI investigation into Mississippi's \"closed society.\" Amid the search for justice, federal agents turned to an unlikely ally: Reverend Delmar Dennis, a Methodist minister and chaplain for the WKKKK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dennis's decision to become an FBI informant came after a pivotal conversation with his friend and mentor, Reverend Carl McArn, a civil rights supporter and advocate for church integration. Their friendship--and the ideological divide it represented--mirrored the broader split within Mississippi's white churches over race and justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coauthored by novelist Stephen J. Gordin and Carl E. McArn II, son of Reverend McArn, this gripping narrative explores the power of moral influence and personal transformation. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Conviction\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how one man's betrayal of the Klan became a critical turning point in dismantling a violent domestic terrorist network--and how another's quiet mentorship helped make that decision possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen J. Gordin,Carl E. II McArn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496862325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496862327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Stephen J. Gordin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623551447295,"sku":"9781496862327","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mississippi-conviction-stephen-j-gordin-9781496862327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}