Simeon's Story
An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 144 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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.
Target Audience: 1050L
ISBN:
9781556527838
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Wri | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Nonfiction | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Right Wri | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |