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The assertion that
Ulysses S. Grant took
Vicksburg, Mississippi "with a coordinated river and land assault" on July 4, 1863 is a historical error. (see
Battle of Vicksburg which shows it was a siege lasting forty days ending on July 4)
It stated that Freedom Riders were given good meals in prison facilities in the South, also a mistake
p. 658 stated that these are "errors of interpretation":
they implied that there was "a Mississippi movement masterminded by a handful of dedicated outsiders", citing the author's statements about Mississippi Free Press and stating that
James Forman was a "chief [peer]" of
Bob Moses