The Emmett Till Book

by M. Susan Orr-Klopfer

The Emmett Till Book by M. Susan Orr-Klopfer (Book) in History
Publisher: M. Susan Orr-Klopfer
Copyright: © 2005  Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States

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The Emmett Till Book on CD: What happened to cause a young African American student's lynching in the Mississippi Delta? When Emmett "BoBo" Till threatened Mississippi's rigid Jim Crow laws this fourteen-year-old paid with his life. Till's murderers were set free yet his death spurred Rosa Parks to take her important stand in Montgomery. In this 50th anniversary, the case has finally been reopened with new and intriguing information. How many people were involved? Who hid the killers overnight? Where is the first trial's transcript? Learn new facts on this and other Delta murders - Clinton Melton and his wife (1955)- he was shot, she was drowned; Jo Etha Collier(1955), gunned down on graduation night; attorney Cleve McDowell (1997), shot to death by a client? The Emmett Till Book on CD gives readers a unique look at Mississippi's secret government agencies and its private white Citizens Councils that spied and did harm to those who fought segregation.


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11 Jan 2006
Strong details are found in this book regarding the lynching of a Chicago teen who visited the Mississippi Delta in 1955. The author has spent time in the Delta and interviewed people who were there at the time, giving this book a better feel for the times. Highly recommend.

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