Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till
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Published
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2010].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 144 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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305.8 Wri
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Published
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2010].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.6, 5 Points
Level 6.6, 5 Points
Lexile measure
1050
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
Documents the 1955 kidnapping and murder of teenage Emmett Till as remembered by his cousin, sharing descriptions of life in period Mississippi and how the ensuing murder trial became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Target Audience
1050L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,6.6,5,148400.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Mississippi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Mississippi -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Mississippi -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Mississippi -- Biography.
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Crimes against -- History -- 20th century.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Crimes against -- History -- 20th century.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi.