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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Anderson, Devery S.     Subjects     Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.     Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.     Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.     Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Murder -- Mississippi -- Case studies.     Hate crimes -- Mississippi.     Teenage boys, Black -- Mississippi -- Biography.     Blacks -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Case studies.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Mississippi -- Race relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Anderson, Devery S.       by title:      Emmett Till : the mu...       by call number:      364.134 T574a     Search the Web     Anderson, Devery S.     Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.     Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.     Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.     Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Murder -- Mississippi -- Case studies.     Hate crimes -- Mississippi.     Teenage boys, Black -- Mississippi -- Biography.     Blacks -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Case studies.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Mississippi -- Race relations.       MARC Display

Emmett Till : the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement / Devery S. Anderson ; foreword by Julian Bond. by Anderson, Devery S. University Press of Mississippi, [2015] Call #: 364.134 T574a Subjects Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.   Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.   Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.   Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.   Murder -- Mississippi -- Case studies.   Hate crimes -- Mississippi.   Teenage boys, Black -- Mississippi -- Biography.   Blacks -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.   Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.   Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Case studies.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.   Mississippi -- Race relations. ISBN:  9781496802842 (hc.) 1496802845 (hc.) Description:  xxiii, 552 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-527) and index. Contents:  Part one: In black and white -- Mother and son -- Mississippi welcomes Emmett Till -- Murder heard round the world -- Countdown -- Tallahatchie trial, Part 1 -- Tallahatchie trial, Part 2 -- Protests, rumors, and revelations -- Clamor, conflict, and another jury -- The Look story and its aftermath -- Never the same -- Part two: In living color -- Revival -- Seeking justice in a new era -- The legacy of Emmett Till. Summary:  "Offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement. Like no other event in modern history, the death of Emmett Till provoked people all over the United States to seek social change"--Inside cover. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 364.134 T574a Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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