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Category - Non Fiction / History
Format - Paperback
Condition - New
Listed - A year ago
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No modern tragedy has had a greater impact on race relations in America than the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. A 14-year-old black boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955, Till was taken from his uncle’s home by two white men; several days later, his body was found in the Tallahatchie River. This grotesque crime became the catalyst for the civil rights movement.
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Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
ISBN: 9781569768198
Publisher Description
Documents the 1955 kidnapping and murder of teenage Emmett Till, as remembered by his cousin, sharing descriptions of life in Mississippi and how the ensuing murder trial became a catalyst for the civ...
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