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  • Wright, Simeon, 1942-
     
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  • Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • African American teenage boys -- Mississippi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
     
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    Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright ; with Herb Boyd.
    by Wright, Simeon, 1942-
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    Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.
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  • Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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  • African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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  • African American teenage boys -- Mississippi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
  • ISBN: 
    9781556527838
    1556527837
    Description: 
    xvi, 144 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    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.
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    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.
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    Ewa Beach P/S LibraryYA -- Nonfiction305.80097 WRChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Pearl City Public LibraryYA -- Nonfiction305.80097 WrChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Waialua Public LibraryYA -- Nonfiction305.80097 WrChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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