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:
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American who was beaten and killed in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, reflects on what it was like to grow up in Mississippi during the 1940s and 1950s, reveals details about the night Emmett was kidnapped, and reflects on how the crime and trial affected his family and the community.
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Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010 School Library Journal, February 2010 Booklist, February 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Kirkus Review, December 2009
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