Title Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till / Simeon Wright ; with Herb Boyd.

Publication Info.	Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2010]
	©2010

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (xvi, 144 pages) : illustrations, map
Note	Includes index.
Summary	A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil rights movement, is explained in this dramatic narrative by the cousin who was present every step of the way.
Contents	Life in Mississippi -- My family -- At home with Mom and Dad -- The abduction -- The trial -- Fear and flight -- In Argo -- Reopening the case and exhuming the body -- Bobo on my mind -- Epilogue. The Till Bill -- Appendix. Lies, myths, and distortions.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 5.0 148400.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
	Till, Emmett, 1941-1955. (OCoLC)fst00228763
	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.
	1941-1955.
	Twentieth century.
	African American teenage boys.
	African Americans.
	Biography.
	Crimes against.
	History.
	Children's literature.
	Lynching.
	Mississippi.
	Race relations.
	Racism.
	Till, Emmett.
	Trials (Murder)
	Social sciences.
	Fiction.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Cultural Heritage.
	African American teenage boys. (OCoLC)fst00799391
	African Americans -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst00799595
	Lynching. (OCoLC)fst01004334
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
	Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
	Mississippi. (OCoLC)fst01207034
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Boyd, Herb, 1938- author.
Other Form:	Print version: Wright, Simeon, 1942- Simeon's story. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2010 9781556527838 (DLC) 2009033631 (OCoLC)368037283
ISBN	9781569765425 (electronic bk.)
	1569765421 (electronic bk.)

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