A Wreath for Emmett Till

A Wreath for Emmett Till
Title A Wreath for Emmett Till PDF eBook
Author Marilyn Nelson
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 49
Release 2009-01-12
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0547529473

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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin. In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement.

A Wreath for Emmett Till

A Wreath for Emmett Till
Title A Wreath for Emmett Till PDF eBook
Author Marilyn Nelson
Publisher Clarion Books
Pages 49
Release 2005
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0547076363

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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin. In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement.

Wreath For Emmett Till

Wreath For Emmett Till
Title Wreath For Emmett Till PDF eBook
Author Marilyn Nelson
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 48
Release 2020-02-25
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 054777317X

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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin. In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement.

How I Discovered Poetry

How I Discovered Poetry
Title How I Discovered Poetry PDF eBook
Author Marilyn Nelson
Publisher Penguin
Pages 114
Release 2014-01-14
Genre Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN 1101635398

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A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets. Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty eye-opening poems. Readers are given an intimate portrait of her growing self-awareness and artistic inspiration along with a larger view of the world around her: racial tensions, the Cold War era, and the first stirrings of the feminist movement. A first-person account of African-American history, this is a book to study, discuss, and treasure.

The Murder of Emmett Till

The Murder of Emmett Till
Title The Murder of Emmett Till PDF eBook
Author Henrietta Toth
Publisher The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pages 50
Release 2017-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1538380579

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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.

Getting Away with Murder

Getting Away with Murder
Title Getting Away with Murder PDF eBook
Author Chris Crowe
Publisher Penguin
Pages 146
Release 2018-01-09
Genre Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN 045147872X

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Revised and updated with new information, this Jane Adams award winner is an in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. The kidnapping and violent murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 was and is a uniquely American tragedy. Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi, when he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Three days later, his brutally beaten body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. In clear, vivid detail Chris Crowe investigates the before-and-aftermath of Till's murder, as well as the dramatic trial and speedy acquittal of his white murderers, situating both in the context of the nascent Civil Rights Movement. Newly reissued with a new chapter of additional material--including recently uncovered details about Till's accuser's testimony--this book grants eye-opening insight to the legacy of Emmett Till.

Fortune's Bones

Fortune's Bones
Title Fortune's Bones PDF eBook
Author Marilyn Nelson
Publisher Boyds Mills Press
Pages 38
Release 2016-08-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1629795887

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Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award For young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the bones were those of an enslaved man named Fortune, who was owned by a local doctor. After Fortune’s death, the doctor rendered the bones. Further research revealed that Fortune had married, had fathered four children, and had been baptized later in life. His bones suggest that after a life of arduous labor, he died in 1798 at about the age of 60. The Manumission Requiem is Marilyn Nelson’s poetic commemoration of Fortune’s life. Detailed notes and archival photographs enhance the reader’s appreciation of the poem.