Blood of Emmett Till, The, Timothy B. Tyson
Blood of Emmett Till, The, Timothy B. Tyson
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Blood of Emmett Till, The

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Author: Timothy B. Tyson

Narrator: Rhett S. Price

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2017


Synopsis

Mississippi, 1955: fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by a white mob after making flirtatious remarks to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Till's attackers were never convicted, but his lynching became one of the most notorious hate crimes in American history. It launched protests across the country, helped the NAACP gain thousands of members, and inspired famous activists like Rosa Parks to stand up and fight for equal rights for the first time. Part detective story, part political history, Tyson revises the history of the Till case, using a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant. In a time where discussions of race are once again coming to the fore, Tyson redefines this crucial moment in civil rights history.

About Timothy B. Tyson

Timothy B. Tyson is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Visiting Professor of American Christianity & Southern Culture at Duke Divinity School, and adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina. His novel Blood Done Sign My Name was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion. He serves on the North Carolina NAACP executive board.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on June 07, 2023

Emmett Till's story is being made into a movie, Till, which will focus on his mother's actions. I've shared THE BLOOD OF EMMETT TILL with 'my' high school students for the past few years. To tell Emmett's story and to highlight his mother's courageous actions. This woman grabbed her grief and wielde......more

Goodreads review by Jean on July 15, 2017

In 1955 an all-white male jury found the two white defendants not guilty of killing a black boy even though they had confessed to the crime. This is one of the worst incidents of “Southern Justice” in our nation’s history. The victim was a fourteen-year-old black boy from Chicago who was visiting a......more