In remembrance of Emmett Till [electronic resource] : regional stories and media responses to the Black freedom struggle / Darryl Mace.

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"On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally beaten to death for allegedly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were acquitted of murdering Till and dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River, and later tha...

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Main Author:	Mace, Darryl, 1975-
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Subjects:	Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Death and burial > Press coverage. Lynching > Mississippi > Press coverage. Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Sumner > Press coverage. Mass media > Political aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Journalism > Political aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Memorials > Political aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century. Racism > United States > Public opinion > History > 20th century. Public opinion > United States > History > 20th century. Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:	In Remembrance of Emmett Till: Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black Freedom Struggle
Format:	Electronic eBook

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