Emmett Till : the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement / Devery S. Anderson ; foreword by Julian Bond.

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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 acquitt...

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Main Author: Anderson, Devery S.
Language:English
Published: Jackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Sumner.
Hate crimes > Mississippi.
Till-Mobley, Mamie, > 1921-2003.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Racism.
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Sumner.
United States.
1900 - 1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Emmett Till, the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"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 acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement. Like no other event in modern history, the death of Emmett Till provoked people all over the United States to seek social change" -- provided by publisher.
Call Number:HV6465.M7 A63 2015
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781496802842
1496802845