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

"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]
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Physical Description:xxiii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Emmett Till, the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement.
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505 0 |a Pt. 1. 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 -- Pt. 2. In living color -- Revival -- Seeking justice in a new era -- The legacy of Emmett Till. 
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