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Our 2002 edition of Letters from Mississippi has become a staple in studies of the civil rights movement. (The original publication of 1965 recorded the letters of the volunteers in the Mississippi Summer Voting Project of 1964 -- ""Freedom Summer"" -- and went out of print in 1970.) This 50th anniversary edition includes: expanded biographical notes from the 2007 edition, additional biographies of contributors to the original book, expanded notes and a filmography. The result is a wider resource for scholarship as well as for a general understanding of this critical moment in civil rights history. The book will dovetail with the publicity about Freedom Summer's 50th anniverary. HBO is doing a major documentary about Freedom Summer (airing in June), for which Zephyr has been a consultant. We will market the book through ads, special mailings, galley box, at 50th anniversary events and conferences. We will issue the book as an e-book for the first time.

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Martinez has published six books and numerous articles on popular struggles in the Americas including De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century. Bond has served four terms on the NAACP National Board and since l998 has been Board Chairman. He was President of the Atlanta NAACP from 1978 until 1989. He is President Emeritus of the Southern Poverty Law Center and currently serves on its Board.

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