Simeon's story :
Wright, Simeon, 1942-
Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd. - 1st ed. - Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010. - xvi, 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
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.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010 School Library Journal, February 2010 Booklist, February 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Kirkus Review, December 2009
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American who was beaten and killed in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, reflects on what it was like to grow up in Mississippi during the 1940s and 1950s, reveals details about the night Emmett was kidnapped, and reflects on how the crime and trial affected his family and the community.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
1556527837
2009033631
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Lynching--History.--Mississippi
African Americans--History.--Mississippi
Offenses against the person--History.--Mississippi
Teenagers--Mississippi--Biography.
Boys--Biography.
Racism--History.--Mississippi
Trials (Homicide)--Mississippi.
Mississippi--Race relations.
E185.93.M6 / W83 2010
305.8/009762
Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd. - 1st ed. - Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010. - xvi, 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
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.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010 School Library Journal, February 2010 Booklist, February 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Kirkus Review, December 2009
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American who was beaten and killed in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, reflects on what it was like to grow up in Mississippi during the 1940s and 1950s, reveals details about the night Emmett was kidnapped, and reflects on how the crime and trial affected his family and the community.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
1556527837
2009033631
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Lynching--History.--Mississippi
African Americans--History.--Mississippi
Offenses against the person--History.--Mississippi
Teenagers--Mississippi--Biography.
Boys--Biography.
Racism--History.--Mississippi
Trials (Homicide)--Mississippi.
Mississippi--Race relations.
E185.93.M6 / W83 2010
305.8/009762