Emmett Till : the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement

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"Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the ac...

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Main Author: Anderson, Devery S. (Author)
Other Authors: Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015
Series:Race, Rhetoric, and Media.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Till-Mobley, Mamie, > 1921-2003.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Sumner.
Hate crimes > Mississippi.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part One. In black and white. Mother and son
  • Mississippi welcomes Emmett Till
  • Murder heard round the world
  • Countdown
  • Tallahatchie trial, Part 1
  • Tallahatchie trial, Part 2
  • Protests, rumors, and revelations
  • Clamor, conflict, and another jury
  • The Look story and its aftermath
  • Never the same
  • Part Two. In living color. Revival
  • Seeking justice in a new era
  • The legacy of Emmett Till
  • Epilogue: Seeing clearly
  • Appendix: Piecing the puzzle.

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