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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
Robert H. Mayer, Foreword by Leslie-Burl McLemore
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 978-1-58838-437-9
Keywords: African American Civil Rights Movements--20th Century, African American Student Movements 20th Century, Mississippi History--20th Century
Following 14-year-old Emmett Till's 1955 lynching, young people in Mississippi rose up to launch the Civil Rights Movement. Photos, map, extensive back matter.