Let the people see: the story of Emmett Till

"Everyone knows the story of the murder of young Emmett Till. In August 1955, the fourteen-year-old Chicago boy was murdered in Mississippi for having--supposedly--flirted with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant, who was working behind the counter of a store. Emmett was taken from the home of a...

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Main Author: Gorn, Elliott J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
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