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By Candy Justice and Bryan Cottingham
World vs. Bob Chisholm
Non-Fiction | Biography
When 28-year-old Bob Chisholm relocated his wife, Carol, and daughter, Candy, to Winona, Mississippi (population 4382) in 1958, to start up the town’s first radio station, he had no idea what was in store for him.
Candy Justice and Bryan Cottingham have produced a gem. World vs. Bob Chisholm is a well-written narrative about the manager of a small-town Mississippi radio station who fights for good, often against the forces of evil, in the turbulent 1950s and ‘60s. The book chronicles Chisholm’s battles against corrupt police officers and the Ku Klux Klan as he reports the news in and around Winona, Mississippi, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.”
– Otis Sanford, Professor Emeritus in Journalism, The University of Memphis.
World v. Bob Chisholm, is an intimate account of a courageous small town radio general manager who put his reputation and safety on the line to fight for the dignity and respect of each citizen, black and white/male and female, in Winona, Mississippi, in the late 1950s and into the 1970s. The story is told from the perspective of two people who knew Chisholm the best – his daughter Candy Justice and his protégé Bryan Cottingham. Chisholm’s story is powerful, inspirational and emotional. It fills a major void in media history.
– Thomas J. Hrach, Professor of Journalism at The University of Memphis.
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