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A few days full of trouble : revelations on the journey to justice for my cousin and best friend, Emmett Till  Cover Image Book Book

A few days full of trouble : revelations on the journey to justice for my cousin and best friend, Emmett Till / Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr and Christopher Benson.

Summary:

The last surviving eyewitness to the 1955 lynching of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till tells the story of the case that ignited the civil rights movement, as well as memories of Till as a boy and insights into the investigation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593134269
  • ISBN: 0593134265
  • Physical Description: 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One World, [2023]
Subject: Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Parker, Wheeler, 1939-
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Witnesses > Mississippi.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Hate crimes > Mississippi.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Genre: True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 364.134 PARKER 2023 (Text) 0001012503042 Nonfiction Available -

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A Few Days Full of Trouble : Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till
A Few Days Full of Trouble : Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till
by Parker Jr., Wheeler; Benson, Christopher
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A Few Days Full of Trouble : Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Introductionp. xi
1White Liesp. 3
2What Is Life?p. 17
3"What Does Justice Look Like?"p. 39
4"Investigate and Legislate"p. 53
5Unreasonable Doubtp. 64
6A Place Called Slaughterp. 84
7Broken Promisesp. 102
8Law and Orderp. 124
9Tale of the Tapep. 148
10Reading Between the Liesp. 163
11Alternative Factsp. 181
12Monuments, Memorials, Memoriesp. 200
13House of Mirrorsp. 228
14Appropriationp. 245
15Ghost Skinsp. 271
16Reckoning with the Consequencesp. 301
Epiloguep. 326
Afterwordp. 335
Acknowledgmentsp. 345
Notesp. 351
Bibliographyp. 371
Indexp. 381

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