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The blood of Emmett Till /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyson, Timothy B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2017]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Sumner.
Hate crimes > Mississippi.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Racism.
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Sumner.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Description
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.
Physical Description:x, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
ISBN:9781476714844
1476714843
9781476714851
1476714851