Bibliograph

The blood of Emmett Till, Timothy B. Tyson

Type

Label

The blood of Emmett Till, Timothy B. Tyson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blood of Emmett Till

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

949922865

Responsibility statement

Timothy B. Tyson

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification