Let the people see : the story of Emmett Till / Elliott J. Gorn.

"While visiting family in Mississippi in August 1955, Emmett Till allegedly whistled at a white woman working behind the counter of a crossroads country store. Her husband and brother-in-law kidnapped the fourteen-year-old Chicago kid in the middle of the night and tortured, beat, and shot him. Thre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorn, Elliott J., 1951- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Racism.
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Sumner.
United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Story of Emmett Till
Format: Book

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