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Emmett Till in literary memory and imagination / edited by Harriet Pollack and Christopher Metress.

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The horrific 1955 slaying of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till marks a significant turning point in the history of American race relations. An African American boy from Chicago, Till was visiting relatives in the Mississippi Delta when he was accused of "wolf-whistling" at a young white woman....

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Pollack, Harriet, Metress, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2008.
Series:Southern literary studies.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi.
Lynching in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Civil rights movements in literature.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955
African Americans > Crimes against.
American literature.
Politics and literature.
Race relations.
Mississippi.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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