The murder of Emmett Till - ECU Libraries Catalog

The murder of Emmett Till / by David Aretha.

Author/creator	Aretha, David
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., ©2007.
Description	160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Juvenile literature. Lynching--Mississippi --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. African Americans--Crimes against --Mississippi --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. African American teenage boys--Mississippi --Biography --Juvenile literature. Racism against Black people--Mississippi --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. Trials (Murder)--Mississippi --Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements--Southern States --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. African Americans--Civil rights --Southern States --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. Mississippi--Race relations --Juvenile literature.

Variant title	Civil rights movement : The murder of Emmett Till
Contents	Summer vacation -- How it is down South -- The abduction -- North Vs. South -- The trial -- Repercussions around the world -- The killers talk -- Rumblings -- The movement -- Fifty years later -- Timeline.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-156) and index.
LCCN	2007026250
ISBN	9781599350578
ISBN	1599350572