The blood of Emmett Till / Timothy B. Tyson.

Part detective story, part political history, Timothy Tyson's The Blood of Emmett Till revises the history of the Till case, not only changing the specifics that we thought we knew, but showing how the murder ignited the modern civil rights movement. Tyson uses a wide range of new sources, including...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyson, Timothy B. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Racism.
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Sumner.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
Part detective story, part political history, Timothy Tyson's The Blood of Emmett Till revises the history of the Till case, not only changing the specifics that we thought we knew, but showing how the murder ignited the modern civil rights movement. Tyson uses a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant; the transcript of the murder trial, missing since 1955 and only recovered in 2005; and a recent FBI report on the case.-- Publisher description.
Call Number:HV6465.M7 T97 2017
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
ISBN:9781476714844
1476714843
9781476714851
1476714851