Title Remembering Emmett Till / Dave Tell

Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019

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Description xiv, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Contents Introduction: remembering Emmett Till -- Race, geography, and the erasure of Sunflower County -- Of race and rivers: topography and memory in Tallahatchie County -- Emmett Till, Tallahatchie County, and the birthplace of the movement -- Ruins and restoration in money -- Memory and misery in Glendora -- Conclusion: vandalism and memory at Graball landing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Anniversaries, etc. Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Economic aspects. Murder victims -- Monuments -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- History. Murder victims -- Monuments -- Mississippi -- Tallahatchie County -- History. Civil rights movements -- United States -- History. Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Social conditions. Tallahatchie County (Miss.) -- Social conditions. Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Race relations. Tallahatchie County (Miss.) -- Race relations. Genre/Form History. LC no. 2018043686 ISBN 9780226559537 (cloth : alk. paper) 022655953X (ebook)

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