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A Wreath for Emmett Till (PB) (2009)

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2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book

In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention.

Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to "speak what we see."

Details

Author:
Marilyn Nelson
Illustrator:
Philippe Lardy
ISBN 10:
0547076363
Pages:
48
Publisher:
Clarion Books
Publication Date:
January 12, 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.30lbs
Age Group:
Young Adult (14 - 18)
Grade Range:
7-12

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