In remembrance of Emmett Till : 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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Uniform Title:	Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Main Author:	Mace, Darryl, 1975- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:	Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:	Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Death and burial > Press coverage. Lynching > Press coverage > Mississippi. Trials (Murder) > Press coverage > Mississippi > Sumner. 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. Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century. Racism > United States > Public opinion > History > 20th century. Public opinion > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:	xi, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

In remembrance of Emmett Till regional stories and media responses to the Black freedom struggle

Authors: Mace, Darryl, 1975-
Published: University Press of Kentucky, 2014

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