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In Remembrance of Emmett Till
Assistant Professor Darryl (Cabrini College) Mace
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Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally beaten to death for allegedly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were acquitted of murdering Till and dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River, and later that year, an all-white grand jury chose not to indict the men on kidnapping charges. A few months later, Bryant and Milam admitted to the crime in an interview with the national media. They were never convicted.
Although Till's body was mutilated, his mother ordered that his casket remain open ... Read more
On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally beaten to death for allegedly flirting with a white woman at a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were acquitted of murdering Till and dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River, and later that year, an all-white grand jury chose not to indict the men on kidnapping charges. A few months later, Bryant and Milam admitted to the crime in an interview with the national media. They were never convicted.
Although Till's body was mutilated, his mother ordered that his casket remain open ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
Series
Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Number of Pages
228
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813145365
SKU
V9780813145365
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About Assistant Professor Darryl (Cabrini College) Mace
Darryl Mace is associate professor and chair in the Department of History and Political Science at Cabrini College, USA.
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