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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, 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, 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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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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2002., Enslow Publishers Call No: 345.73 FIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Headline court casesSummary Note: Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try the defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.
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2004., Rosen Publishing Group Call No: 345.73 SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great trials of the twentieth centurySummary Note: Using photos and documents this book describes the trial of nineteen men for depriving three others of their civil rights during the Mississippi Summer Project.
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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.
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2005, Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 811 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices--to speak what we see. Newbery Honor-winning poet Nelson offers an evocative tribute to a 14-year-old boy whose lynching in 1955 helps spark the civil rights movement. Full color
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-- Emmett Tillc2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 811 NEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.
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-- Emmett Till2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 811 Nel Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.