The barn : the murder of Emmett Till and the cradle of American racism
Thompson, Wright2025
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Emmett Till's murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from where it happened, Wright Thompson knew nothing of it until he left Mississippi. This is no accident: the cover-up began at once, and it is ongoing. 'The Barn' is the story of how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta to bring about the most consequential murder in US history.
Main title:
The barn : the murder of Emmett Till and the cradle of American racism / Wright Thompson.
Author:
Thompson, Wright, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2025.
Collation:
432 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781804952917 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.134364.134 THOM
Language:
English
Subject:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th centuryMurder -- Social aspects -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)African American teenage boys -- Crimes against -- MississippiAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)Racism against Black people -- Government policy -- MississippiCollective memory -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryTrue Crime
BRN:
6688680
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