Steeped in the blood of racism: black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College

Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970

"A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom

"Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus

"Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College

"They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath

"The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective

"Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory

Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence.