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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy. By Kenneth T. Andrews. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Pp. xviii, 265. Paper, $21.00, ISBN 0-226-02043-6; cloth, $50.00, ISBN 0-226-02040-1.)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy, by Kenneth T. Andrews, has many strengths and few weaknesses. As someone who also conducts research on Mississippi politics and civil rights, I was very impressed with the overall quality of this book's scope, purpose, and content.
The author examines the questions "Do social movements matter?" and "When people come together to challenge inequalities and face powerful authorities and opponents, what hope can they have of bringing about significant changes?" (p. 1). His primary objectives are to examine "the impacts of social movements through a multilayered study of the Mississippi civil rights movement. ... [and] clarify our broader understanding of the ways in which movements transform social and political institutions as well...