Description: The stunning history of the first student-led, direct-action civil rights demonstration in the state of Mississippi
Brief description: M. J. O'Brien is a writer and researcher who served for twenty-five years as the chief communications and public relations officer for a national not-for-profit cooperative. He is author of the award-winning We Shall Not Be Moved: The Jackson Woolworth's Sit-In and the Movement It Inspired, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Review Quotes: I wasn't sure that there was anything left to know about civil rights in Mississippi, but The Tougaloo Nine proved me wrong. M. J. O'Brien's book is not just captivating; it adds texture and context to well-known stories and brings to light never-heard or under-heralded stories, giving important nuance to narratives of the freedom struggle.--Crystal R. Sanders, author of A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs