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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 pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Lawrence Hill Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xvi, 144 p. : ill. ; 22 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.

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 Mississippi and how the ensuing murder trial became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.

ISBN:

1569768196 (pbk.)
9781569768198 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)767627062

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)