Bibliograph

The murder of Emmett Till, Henrietta Toth

Type

Label

The murder of Emmett Till, Henrietta Toth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The murder of Emmett Till

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

984743283

Responsibility statement

Henrietta Toth

Series statement

Spotlight on the civil rights movement

Summary

In August 1955, Emmett Till was a fourteen-year-old African American teenager on vacation. He had traveled to visit relatives in rural Mississippi. He would return home to Chicago to be buried. Emmett Till was murdered by two white men, making him a victim of racial violence that galvanized the unfolding civil rights movement. This account details the circumstances of his abduction, murder, and funeral, plus the subsequent trial. Readers will learn how his legacy still resonates today and how emerging information sheds a different light on what really happened to him

Target audience

juvenile

Classification