Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1: Family Roots of a Warrior; 2: Path of a Warrior; 3: Public Education in America; 4: Returning to Mississippi from Active Duty; 5: Breaking Jim Crow Barriers; 6: Crushing Southern Forces; 7: Second Reconstruction Stories; 8: Fruits of Change; 9: The Living Legend, 1966-2012; 10: America's Economic Landscape in the Twenty-First Century; 11: Closing the Economic Disparities in the Twenty-First Century; Appendix: Family Tree of James Howard Meredith; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
"This book provides an honest look at the life and times of Civil Rights icon James Howard Meredith within the context of the America that created him and his generation"-- Provided by publisher