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Getting away with murder : the true story of the Emmett Till case / by Chris Crowe.

By: Crowe, Chris.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : P. Fogelman Books, c2003Description: 128 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0803728042 (acidfree paper).Subject(s): Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature | Mississippi -- Race relations -- 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 | Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 | Lynching | African Americans | Racism | Trials (Murder) | Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 | Lynching | African Americans | Racism | Trials (Homicide)DDC classification: 364.15/23/09762
Contents:
The boy who triggered the civil rights movement -- Kicking the hornets' nest -- The boy from Chicago -- The wolf whistle -- Setting the stage -- Getting away with murder -- Aftershocks.
Summary: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128).

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Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

The boy who triggered the civil rights movement -- Kicking the hornets' nest -- The boy from Chicago -- The wolf whistle -- Setting the stage -- Getting away with murder -- Aftershocks.

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