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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823782403321

Autore

Anderson Devery S.

Titolo

Emmett Till : the murder that shocked the world and propelled the civil rights movement / / Devery S. Anderson ; foreword by Julian Bond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, [Mississippi] : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4968-0285-3

1-4968-0289-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Collana

Race, Rhetoric, and Media

Disciplina

364.1/34

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue: Through a Glass, Darkly""; ""PART ONE: IN BLACK AND WHITE""; ""1. Mother and Son""; ""2. Mississippi Welcomes Emmett Till""; ""3. Murder Heard Round the World""; ""4. Countdown""; ""5. Tallahatchie Trial, Part 1""; ""6. Tallahatchie Trial, Part 2""; ""7. Protests, Rumors, and Revelations""; ""8. Clamor, Conflict, and Another Jury""; ""9. The Look Story and Its Aftermath""; ""10. Never the Same""; ""PART TWO: IN LIVING COLOR""; ""11. Revival""; ""12. Seeking Justice in a New Era""

""13. The Legacy of Emmett Till""""Epilogue: Seeing Clearly""; ""Appendix: Piecing the Puzzle""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""