1941-1955

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1941-1955

Simeon's story

an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till
2010
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.

The murder of Emmett Till

2008
Chronicles the 1955 murder in Money, Mississippi, of Chicago teenager, Emmett Till, by local store owner Roy Bryant and his brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, the trial and acquittal that followed, and how the incident impacted the civil rights movement.

Death of innocence

the story of the hate crime that changed America
2003
Mamie Till-Mobley discusses the effect on her life of the murder of her son, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman, and tells how she was able to go on after his death to become a teacher and an activist in the civil rights struggle.

Simeon's story

an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till
2011
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.

A death in the Delta

the story of Emmett Till
1991
Analyzes the case of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy from Chicago who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman; discusses the trial and acquittal of the two men who lynched Till; and explores the social impact of the incident.

The lynching of Emmett Till

a documentary narrative
2002
Contains newspaper articles, editorials, poems, songs, interviews, essays, and memoirs that shed light on the relationship between memory and history through an examination of the case of Emmett Till, an African-American teen who was murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly offending a white woman.

Mississippi trial, 1955

2003
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.

Mississippi trial, 1955

2002
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American from Chicago.

A wreath for Emmett Till

2005
This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.

Getting away with murder

the true story of the Emmett Till case
2003
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

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