{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-racist-reed-massengill-9781621908302","title":"Portrait of a Racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers","description":"Originally published in 1994, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Racist \u003c\/i\u003eis an astonishing biography of Byron De La Beckwith (1920-2001), who murdered Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers in June 1963. Written by Beckwith's nephew by marriage, the book is based on dozens of exclusive personal interviews with Beckwith and people who knew him--as well as letters Beckwith wrote directly to the author. These unique sources provide as definitive a glimpse into the chilling psychological landscape of a man devoted to murderous intolerance as we will likely ever have. Although the slaying of Evers helped to galvanize the civil rights movement in the South, the killer evaded justice for three decades after the crime. Twice tried for murder in the 1960s--both times by all- male, all-White juries--Beckwith was finally convicted in a third trial in 1994. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Accompanied by new illustrations that have never been printed before, this new edition includes an afterword that recounts the author's participation as a witness and his introduction of new evidence in the third trial. It also chronicles Beckwith's last years of declining health behind bars, examines the rich scholarship on Evers and civil rights that has arisen since this book's original appearance, and reflects on the catastrophic persistence of Beckwith's ideology-- Christian nationalism and white supremacy--in our own times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reed Massengill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621908305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621908302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.12w x 0.99d","brand":"Reed Massengill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618255950079,"sku":"9781621908302","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82c625f7-1bf6-44de-b59a-fb9de556ca64.jpg?v=1740069591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-racist-reed-massengill-9781621908302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}