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Author:

Wright, Simeon, 1942-

Title:

Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright ; with Herb Boyd.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lawrence Hill Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Till, Emmett,--1941-1955--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American teenage boys--Mississippi--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--Juvenile literature.
Till, Emmett,--1941-1955.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African American teenage boys--Mississippi--Biography.
Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Trials (Murder)--Mississippi.

Other Authors:

Boyd, Herb, 1938-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Life in Mississippi -- My family -- At home with Mom and Dad -- The abduction -- The trial -- Fear and flight -- In Argo -- Reopening the case and exhuming the body -- Bobo on my mind -- Epilogue. The Till Bill -- Appendix. Lies, myths, and distortions.

Summary:

Documents the 1955 kidnapping and murder of teenage Emmett Till as remembered by his cousin, sharing descriptions of life in period Mississippi and how the ensuing murder trial became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.

ISBN:

1556527837
9781556527838

OCLC:

(OCoLC)368037283

LCCN:

2009033631

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)