The blood of Emmett Till / Timothy B. Tyson.

Author/creator Tyson, Timothy B. author.
Format Book
EditionFirst Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
PublicationNew York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionviii, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
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.
Hate crimes--Mississippi.
Lynching--Mississippi. --History.
Racism--Mississippi. --History.
Trials (Homicide)--Mississippi. --Sumner.
United States--Race relations. --History. --20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Race relations.
United States--Race relations. --History.

Contents 1. Nothing that boy did -- 2. Boots on the porch -- 3. Growing up black in Chicago -- 4. Emmett in Chicago and "Little Mississippi" -- 5. Pistol-whipping at Christmas -- 6. The incident -- 7. On the third day -- 8. Mama made the earth tremble -- 9. Warring regiments of Mississippi -- 10. Black Monday -- 11. People we don't need around here any more -- 12. Fixed opinions -- 13. Mississippi underground -- 14. "There he is" -- 15. Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you -- 16. The verdict of the world -- 17. Protest politics -- 18. Killing Emmett Till -- Epilogue: The children of Emmett Till.
Abstract Draws on firsthand testimonies and recovered court transcripts to present a scholarly account of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till and its role in launching the civil rights movement.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-281).
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017301141
ISBN9781476714851 (pbk)
ISBN1476714851
ISBN9781476714844 (hbk)
ISBN1476714843

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