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African Americans Crimes against African Americans Crimes against Mississippi Delta, Région du (Mississ.) Relations raciales Histoire 20e siècle Lynching Lynching Mississippi History 20th century Mississippi Racism Racism Mississippi History 20th century Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires Politique gouvernementale Mississippi Till, Emmett 1941-1955Tyson, Timothy B.
Summary: "The event that launched the civil rights movement--the 1955 lynching of young Emmett Till--now reexamined by an award-winning author with access to never-before-heard accounts from those involved as well as recently recovered court transcripts from the trial,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 TYSCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk TysonHale, Grace Elizabeth
Summary: An award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff--a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.13 HALParker, Wheeler
Summary: "In 1955, Emmett Till was lynched when he was 14 years old. That remains an undisputed fact of the case that ignited a flame within the civil rights movement that has yet to be extinguished. Yet the rest of the details surrounding the case remain distorted by time and too many tellings. What does justice mean in the resolution of a 66 year-old cold case? In A Few Days Full of Trouble, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PARKER, WHEELER PARThompson, Wright
Summary: "A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024