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The blood of Emmett Till Cover Image Book Book

The blood of Emmett Till / Timothy B. Tyson.

Tyson, Timothy B. (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476714844
  • ISBN: 1476714843
  • ISBN: 9781476714851
  • ISBN: 1476714851
  • Physical Description: x, 291 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Nothing that boy did -- Boots on the porch -- Growing up black in Chicago -- Emmett in Chicago and "Little Mississippi" -- Pistol-whipping at Christmas -- The incident -- On the third day -- Mama made the earth tremble -- Warring regiments of Mississippi -- Black Monday -- People we don't need around here any more -- Fixed opinions -- Mississippi underground -- "There he is" -- Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you -- The verdict of the world -- Protest politics -- Killing Emmett Till -- Epilogue: the children of Emmett Till.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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 > Race relations > 20th century
Mississippi > Race relations
African Americans > Crimes against
Hate crimes
Lynching
Race relations.
Racism.
Trials (Murder)
Mississippi
Mississippi > Sumner.
United States
Genre: History.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Wallowa County Public Libraries. (Show)
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Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Wallowa Public Library 364.1 TYS (Text) 30004000227955 Non-Fiction Available -
Baker County Library 364.134 .T994b 2017 (Text) 37814003076578 NON-FICTION Available -
Hood River County Library 364.134 TYS 2017 (Text) 33892100433839 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Klamath Community College HV6465 .M7 T97 2017 (Text) 3760305362 Main Collection Available -
Ontario Community Library 364.134 TYSON (Text) 33330004037398 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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