Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement / Angela Joy ; illustrated by Janelle Washington.

A Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement. Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Joy, Angela, 1975- (Author)
Other Authors: Washington, Janelle (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Till-Mobley, Mamie, > 1921-2003 > Juvenile literature.
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American mothers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mothers of murder victims > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Till-Mobley, Mamie, > 1921-2003.
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
African American women civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American mothers > United States > Biography.
Mothers of murder victims > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Mères noires américaines > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Mères de victimes d'homicide > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
HISTORY > United States > General.
African American mothers.
African American women civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Mothers of murder victims.
United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
Mothers > Untied States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African American mothers > Biography.
1900-1999
Picture books.
Biographies.
History.
Instructional and educational works.
Juvenile works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Livres d'images.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biography.
Biographies
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Picture books.
Biographies.
History.
Instructional and educational works.
Juvenile works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Livres d'images.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Variant Title:
How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement
Format: Book

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