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Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till
Title:
Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till
Author:
Wright, Simeon, 1942-2017
Personal Author:
Wright, Simeon, 1942-2017
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2010]

©2010
Physical Description:
xvi, 144 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Summary:
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.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Life in Mississippi -- My family -- At home with Mom and Dad -- The abduction -- The trial -- Fear and flight -- In Argo -- Reopening the case and exhuming the body -- Bobo on my mind -- Epilogue. The Till Bill -- Appendix. Lies, myths, and distortions.
Reading Level:
Grades 6-10 (School Library Journal)

1050 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 5.0 148400.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 9.4 9 Quiz: 49060.
Personal Subject:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955-Juvenile literature.

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Subject Term:
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 -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- 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 -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century. -- Juvenile literature.

Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi. -- Juvenile literature.

Lynching -- Mississippi -- History.

African Americans -- Mississippi -- History.

African Americans -- Mississippi -- Biography.

Teenagers -- Mississippi -- Biography.

Racism -- Mississippi -- History.

Trials (Homicde) -- Mississippi.
Geographic Term:
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.

Mississippi -- Race relations. -- Juvenile literature.

Mississippi -- Race relations.
Added Author:
Boyd, Herb, 1938-
ISBN:
9781556527838

9781569768198
Format :
Book

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