Mississippi, Conflict and Change

James W. Loewen (1942–2021) was author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong; Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong; Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History; and Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism and coeditor of The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost Cause," published by University Press of Mississippi. He was also professor emeritus at the University of Vermont. Byron D’Andra Orey is professor of political science at Jackson State University, and his research focuses on race and politics. He has served as the president of the Southern Political Science Association. Charles Sallis (1934–2024) was professor emeritus of history at Millsaps College, where he taught from 1968 to 2000.

PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION:"Destined to have a far-reaching impact upon the historical profession, upon the writing of United States history, and upon the movement for ‘truth in texts.’" —Newsletter of the American Historical Association"The new edition of Mississippi, Conflict and Change is a tour de force of Mississippi history that deftly examines the state, its diverse population, and its contributions to the nation and world." - Crystal R. Sanders, author of A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs"Mississippi, Conflict and Change’s initial publication in 1974 set a precedent for uplifting marginalized and neglected narratives, while also engaging in a truthful and unbiased telling of Mississippi’s history. This new edition, which brings the state’s narrative to the present, builds on the original publication in ensuring that the beauty found in Mississippi’s cultural, political, economic, social, and geographical landscape continues to be reflected therein." - Daphne Chamberlain, chief program officer at Emmett Till Interpretive Center"For young people to grow into competent citizens in a time of change, education must connect their roots in the past with images of desirable futures. This history of Mississippi makes the connection between the living past and a livable tomorrow. Its use would make Mississippi a pathbreaker in the teaching of local history." - Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock"Pointed, lucid, and sometimes unnerving." - Robert Coles, author of Children of Crisis"An extraordinary achievement. . .the best history of an American state I have ever seen." - Lawrence Goodwyn, Center for Southern Studies, Duke University"A splendid piece of work. . . . The perspective is so fresh and will be so startling that it cannot escape a future of controversy." - Paul Gaston, author of The New South Creed