Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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2017., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning Call No: CRIME Edition: Large print ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.Summary Note: Explores what happened to fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, whose murder was part of the backlash that occured in the wake of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional.
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1991., Johns Hopkins University Press Call No: 973.921 WHI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Analyzes the case of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy from Chicago who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman; discusses the trial and acquittal of the two men who lynched Till; and explores the social impact of the incident.
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2003., Random House Call No: 973.921 TIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mamie Till-Mobley discusses the effect on her life of the murder of her son, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman, and tells how she was able to go on after his death to become a teacher and an activist in the civil rights struggle.
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By Crowe, Chris2003., Juvenile, P. Fogelman Books Call No: 973.921 CRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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By Crowe, Chrisc2003., Juvenile, Phyllis Fogelman Books Call No: 364.152 3 09762 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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By Crowe, Chrisc2003., Phyllis Fogelman Books Call No: HI-INT 364.15 CRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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By Crowe, Chrisc2003., Juvenile, Phyllis Fogelman Books Call No: 364.15 CROWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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2002., University of Virginia Press Call No: 973.921 MET Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The American South seriesSummary Note: Contains newspaper articles, editorials, poems, songs, interviews, essays, and memoirs that shed light on the relationship between memory and history through an examination of the case of Emmett Till, an African-American teen who was murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman.
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By Bausum, Ann[2016], Pre-adolescent, National Geographic Call No: HI-INT 323.1 BAU Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state of Mississippi, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. He walked to make a statement. But two days into his journey, Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside attack. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk. What started as one man's mission became the March Against Fear.
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By Bausum, Ann[2017]., Adolescent, National Geographic Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Mississippi. 1966. On a hot June afternoon an African-American man named James Meredith set out to walk through his home state, intending to fight racism and fear with his feet. A seemingly simple plan, but one teeming with risk. Just one day later Meredith was shot and wounded in a roadside ambush. Within twenty-four hours, Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and other civil rights leaders had taken up Meredith's cause, determined to overcome this violent act and complete Meredith's walk... brings this crucial turning point of civil rights history back to life, escorting you along the dusty Mississippi roads where heroic marchers endured violence, rage, and fear as they walked more than 200 miles in the name of equality and justice."--Provided by publisher.
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-- Mississippi trial, nineteen fifty-fiveBy Crowe, Chris2003., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Historical fiction FIC CROWE Availability:16 of 16 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
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-- Mississippi trial, nineteen fifty-fiveBy Crowe, Chris2003., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Historical fiction FIC CROWE Availability:48 of 50 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
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-- Mississippi trial, nineteen hundred fifty-fiveBy Crowe, Chrisc2002., P. Fogelman Books Call No: HistoricalHistorical [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
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-- Mississippi trial, nineteen hundred fifty-fiveBy Crowe, Chris2002., Adolescent, P. Fogelman Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC CROWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.
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-- Emmett Tillc2003., General, PBS Home Video PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 973.921 MUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social StudiesSummary Note: The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.