Bibliograph

Death of innocence, the story of the hate crime that changed America, Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson ; [foreword by Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.]

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Death of innocence, the story of the hate crime that changed America, Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson ; [foreword by Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii-xix)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death of innocence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57361306

Responsibility statement

Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson ; [foreword by Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.]

Sub title

the story of the hate crime that changed America

Summary

The 1955 murder--for allegedly whistling at a white woman--of a black Chicago fourteen-year-old who visiting family in Mississippi preceded the trial of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who were accused of kidnapping and murdering Emmett Till. The all-white, all-male jury hastily acquitted the two white defendants. This was considered the first full-scale media event to spur the civil rights movement. It also set in motion the will and determination of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett's mother: a woman who would pull herself back from the brink of suicide to become a teacher and inspire hundreds of black children throughout the country

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