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Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1556527837
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8/009762 22
LOC classification:
  • E185.93.M6 W83 2010
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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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.

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