{"product_id":"wading-in-9781496850348","title":"Wading In","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetailing the buildup of Back-of-Town businesses, lynchings in the early 1900s, and national and state legislation repressing Black progress, author Amy Lemco contextualizes the regional atmosphere Dr Gilbert Mason - a resilient civic leader, humanitarian, and lover of the water - and his family encountered in 1955.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe courageous witness of Dr. Mason and those who worked with him deserves to be more widely known, and Lemco tells the story well.\" - Joseph Reiff, author of \u003cem\u003eBorn of Conviction: White Methodists and Mississippi’s Closed Society\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040609042775,"sku":"9781496850348","price":19.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496850348.jpg?v=1750947263","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wading-in-9781496850348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}