In the name of Emmett Till [electronic resource] : how the children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle showed us tomorrow / Robert H. Mayer ; foreword by Leslie-Burl McLemore.
"The killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These children, however, would rise up against the culture that made Till's death possible. From the violent...
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Montgomery, AL :
NewSouth Books,
[2021]
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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow |
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Contents:
- Before the narrative starts
- Emmett Till : the beginning
- Elders I : Medgar Evers joins the fight for freedom
- The Tougaloo Nine and the Ladner Sisters fight for justice
- The "children" of Medgar Evers
- Elders II : the education of Bob Moses
- Brenda Travis and the Burglund High School walkout
- Freedom Riders and two kids from Jackson
- The North Jackson Youth Council and the battle of Jackson
- The children of Jackson March
- A tragedy and a people's reaction
- Elders III : the saga of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer
- Sam Block shakes up Greenwood, Greenwood-part I
- The children of Greenwood, Greenwood-part II
- George Raymond in Canton
- Freedom Summer, freedom schools, and a legacy of activism
- As the narrative draws to a close.