Simeon's Story An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till

Name: Simeon's Story An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
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ISBN: 9781569768198

ISBN-10: 1569768196

ISBN-13: 9781569768198

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Authors: Simeon Wright, Herb Boyd

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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. Simeon Wright saw and heard his cousin Emmett whistle at Caroline Bryant at a grocery store and slept in the same bed with him when her husband came in and took Emmett away; he was there during the aftermath of the murder, and at the trial, where his father testified. Thisgripping coming-of-age memoir may not bring closure to the Till case, whose perpetrators were left unpunished, but…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Herb Boyd teaches at the College of New Rochelle & New York University. He lives in New York City.



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Life in Mississippi



My Family



At Home with Mom and Dad



The Abduction



The Trial



Fear and Flight



InArgo



Reopening the Case and Exhuming the Body



Bobo on My Mind


Epilogue: The Till Bill


Appendix: Lies, Myths, and Distortions


Index