Bibliograph

Death of innocence, the story of the hate crime that changed America, Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson

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Death of innocence, the story of the hate crime that changed America, Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

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

Sub title

the story of the hate crime that changed America

Summary

The 1955 murder of a black Chicago youth, visiting family in Mississippi (for allegedly whistling at a white woman) preceded the trial of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant--accused of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old 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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