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Let the people see : the story of Emmett Till /

Everyone knows the story of the murder of young Emmett Till. In August 1955, the fourteen-year-old Chicago boy was murdered in Mississippi for having, supposedly, flirted with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant, who was working behind the counter of a store. Emmett was taken from the home of a relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorn, Elliott J., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Till-Mobley, Mamie, > 1921-2003.
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

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