The murder of Emmett Till / by David Aretha.

Author/creator Aretha, David
Format Book
Publication InfoGreensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., ©2007.
Description160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Juvenile literature.
Lynching--Mississippi. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Crimes against. --Mississippi. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
African American teenage boys--Mississippi. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Racism against Black people--Mississippi. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder)--Mississippi. --Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--Southern States. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Southern States. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
Mississippi--Race relations. --Juvenile literature.

Variant title Civil rights movement : The murder of Emmett Till
Contents Summer vacation -- How it is down South -- The abduction -- North Vs. South -- The trial -- Repercussions around the world -- The killers talk -- Rumblings -- The movement -- Fifty years later -- Timeline.
Abstract Chronicles the 1955 murder in Money, Mississippi, of Chicago teenager, Emmett Till, by local store owner Roy Bryant and his brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, the trial and acquittal that followed, and how the incident impacted the civil rights movement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150-156) and index.
LCCN 2007026250
ISBN9781599350578
ISBN1599350572

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