{"product_id":"9780989147705","title":"Detour Before Midnight: Freedom Summer Workers: James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman Made an Unscheduled Stop","description":"\u003cp\u003eJune 21, 2014, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the infamous Neshoba County murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, while it is good to remember and honor the victims of such devastating tragedies, it is also painful-particularly for those personally connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetour Before Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique historical memoir that casts you right in the heart of Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, rendering the civil rights movement through the passionate eyes of a young African American girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernice Sims was just a teenager in the early 1960s, but she was already a member of the NAACP. She was also one of the last people ever to see Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three men made an unscheduled stop at her family's house on their way to investigate the charred remains of a voter registration site. Bernice begged them to take her with them on what would end up being their last mission. They refused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetour Before Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates one woman's remarkable courage to overcome years of grief and survivor's guilt in order to finally offer her personal tribute to these men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SimsBernice713","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008928235760,"sku":"9780989147705","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780989147705_p0.jpg?v=1763902440","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989147705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}