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Remembering Emmett Till /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tell, Dave, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Anniversaries, etc.
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Anniversaries, etc. > Economic aspects.
Murder victims > Monuments > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > History.
Murder victims > Monuments > Mississippi > Tallahatchie County > History.
Delta (Miss. : Region) > Social conditions.
Tallahatchie County (Miss.) > Social conditions.
Delta (Miss. : Region) > Race relations.
Tallahatchie County (Miss.) > Race relations.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: remembering Emmett Till
  • Race, geography, and the erasure of Sunflower County
  • Of race and rivers: topography and memory in Tallahatchie County
  • Emmett Till, Tallahatchie County, and the birthplace of the movement
  • Ruins and restoration in money
  • Memory and misery in Glendora
  • Conclusion: vandalism and memory at Graball landing.