Bibliograph

The blood of Emmett Till, Timothy B. Tyson

Type

Label

The blood of Emmett Till, Timothy B. Tyson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-281) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blood of Emmett Till

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

949922865

Responsibility statement

Timothy B. Tyson

Summary

Part detective story, part political history, Timothy Tyson's The Blood of Emmett Till revises the history of the Till case, not only changing the specifics that we thought we knew, but showing how the murder ignited the modern civil rights movement. Tyson uses a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant; the transcript of the murder trial, missing since 1955 and only recovered in 2005; and a recent FBI report on the case.--, Publisher description

Table Of Contents

Nothing that boy did -- Boots on the porch -- Growing up black in Chicago -- Emmett in Chicago and "Little Mississippi" -- Pistol-whipping at Christmas -- The incident -- On the third day -- Mama made the earth tremble -- Warring regiments of Mississippi -- Black Monday -- People we don't need around here any more -- Fixed opinions -- Mississippi underground -- "There he is" -- Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you -- The verdict of the world -- Protest politics -- Killing Emmett Till -- Epilogue: The children of Emmett Till

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