Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 552 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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Series |
Race, Rhetoric, and Media
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Race, Rhetoric, and Media.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Epilogue: Seeing clearly -- Appendix: Piecing the puzzle. |
Summary |
"Emmett Till 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."--Publisher information |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955. |
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Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.
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Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003. |
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Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Lynching. |
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Mississippi. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi.
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African Americans -- Crimes against. |
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Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism. |
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Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Sumner.
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Mississippi -- Sumner. |
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Hate crimes -- Mississippi.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Trials (Murder) |
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Race relations. |
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Mississippi -- Race relations.
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Hate crimes. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. |
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United States. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Subject |
Racism. |
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Hate crimes. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015, writer of foreword.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Devery S. Emmett Till. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015] 9781496802842 (DLC) 2015005681 (OCoLC)904801152 |
ISBN |
9781496802859 (electronic book) |
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1496802853 (electronic book) |
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9781496802897 (electronic book) |
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1496802896 (electronic book) |
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9781496802880 (electronic book) |
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1496802888 (electronic book) |
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9781496802842 (cloth) |
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1496802845 (cloth) |
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9781496802866 |
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1496802861 |
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