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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow

Posted By: roxul
Date: 8 Feb 2023 05:57:56
In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow

Robert H. Mayer, "In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow"
English | ISBN: 1588384373 | 2021 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB

The killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These children, however, would rise up against the culture that made Till’s death possible. From the violent Woolworth’s lunch-counter sit-ins in Jackson to the school walkouts of McComb, the young people of Mississippi picketed, boycotted, organized, spoke out, and marched, working to reveal the vulnerability of black bodies and the ugly nature of the world they lived in. These children changed that world.



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