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Ed Meek to sign “RIOT” Sept. 22 at Gumtree Books in Tupelo

September 21, 2015 By Lawrence Wells

Ed Meek will be signing his photo-history “RIOT” at Reed’s Gumtree Books in Tupelo on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from noon-1:30.

RIOT contains 120 of Meek’s photographs of the 1962 Ole Miss riot, many previously unpublished, with an Introduction by Curtis Wilkie and Afterword by Governor William Winter. On Sept. 30, 1962, when a riot occurred at the University of Mississippi protesting the admission of James Meredith, Edwin Meek, 22, a staff photographer for the university, stayed up all night taking over 500 photos with exclusive pictures of Meredith at his first class.

Historian William Doyle, author of An American Insurrection, calls Meek “the Matthew Brady of the crisis,” adding that RIOT is “an amazing document for the ages.”


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James Meredith endorses Ed Meek’s RIOT: Witness to Anger and Change

September 17, 2015 By Lawrence Wells

20150909_174333We held a book-signing for Ed Meek at Lemuria Bookstore last week. James Meredith showed up unannounced and warmly endorsed Ed’s book. Will Norton, dean of journalism at Ole Miss, alertly filmed Meredith’s testimonial which we later posted on youtube:

http://hottytoddy.com/2015/09/10/james-meredith-praises-riot-book-at-jackson-book-signing-event/

Reviews/Interviews:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2015/09/03/review-riot-captures-turmoil-ole-miss/71630034/

http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/book-reviews/edwin-e-meeks-riot-grants-intimate-look-at-james-meredith-ole-miss_35645520#st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=

http://www.chapter16.org/content/riot-edwin-e-meek%E2%80%99s-photographs-document-1962-mob-violence-ole-miss

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2015/09/03/ed-meeks-ole-miss-segregation-photo-book-striking/71629000/

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COMING SEPT. 2015 – RIOT: Witness to Anger and Change

May 26, 2015 By Yoknapatawpha Press

A photo-history of the 1962 Ole Miss riot featuring the photography of Edwin E. Meek On Sept. 30, 1962, when a student demonstration in the Circle protesting the admission of James Meredith turned violent, Meek, a 22-year-old graduate of Ole Miss and staff photographer for the University Information Office, was first at the scene. [Read more…]

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Founded in 1975, Yoknapatawpha Press is a southern regional press established by co-publishers, Lawrence Wells and the late Dean Faulkner Wells. Most of the press's projects are generated in-house.The company is named for William Faulkner's fictional county, Yoknapatawpha, from the Chickasaw word meaning "gentle water."

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