Remembering Emmett Till

by Dave Tell

Book Overview

Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you'll find a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and injustice that became a beacon in the fight for racial equality. The ways this event is remembered have been fraught from the beginning, revealing currents of controversy, patronage, and racism lurking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022655953X
• ISBN13: 9780226559537
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"