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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America

Name: Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
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Contributors:

Mamie Till-Mobley, Christopher Benson

Publisher:

One World

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Ethnic Studies, Discrimination, Minority Studies

Book Topic:

American

Award:

2004 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner - Grand Prize Award

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Release Date:

2004-12-28

ISBN 13:

9780812970470

Weight:

0.55 lbs

Size:

8.02 x 5.28 x 0.71 inches

Pages:

320

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The mother of Emmett Till recounts the story of her life, her son's tragic death, and the dawn of the civil rights movement--with a foreword by the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

In August 1955, a fourteen-year-old African American, Emmett Till, was visiting family in Mississippi when he was kidnapped from his bed in the middle of the night by two white men and brutally murdered. His crime: allegedly whistling at a white woman in a convenience store. The killers were eventually acquitted.

What followed altered the course of this country's history--and it was all set in motion by the sheer will, determination, and courage of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose actions galvanized the civil rights movement, leaving an indelible mark on our racial consciousness. Death of Innocence is an essential document in the annals of American civil rights history, and a painful yet beautiful account of a mother's ability to transform tragedy into boundless courage and hope.

Praise for Death of Innocence

"A testament to the power of the indestructible human spirit that] speaks as eloquently as the diary of Anne Frank."--The Washington Post Book World

"With this important book, Mamie Till-Mobley] has helped ensure that the story of her son (and her own story) will not soon be forgotten. . . . A riveting account of a tragedy that upended her life and ultimately the Jim Crow system."--Chicago Tribune

"The book will . . . inform or remind people of what a courageous figure for justice Mamie Till-Mobley] was and how important she and her son were to setting the stage for the modern-day civil rights movement."--The Detroit News

"Poignant . . . In his mother's descriptions, Emmett becomes more than an icon; he becomes a living, breathing youngster--any mother's child."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Powerful . . . Mamie Till-Mobley's] courage transformed her loss into a moral compass for a nation."--Black Issues Book Review

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition - BlackBoard Nonfiction Book of the Year

About the Author
Mamie Till-Mobley died on January 6, 2003, at the age of eighty-one. Following the death of her only child, Emmett Till, she entered Chicago Teachers College in 1956, graduating cum laude and fifth in her class three and a half years later. In 1973, she earned a master's degree in administration and supervision at Loyola University. Till-Mobley was a frequent lecturer throughout the country, recalling the struggle for civil rights and urging her listeners to be the best they could be.

A Chicago-based writer and lawyer, Christopher Benson has served as features editor for Ebony and as Washington editor for Ebony and Jet. He also contributed to The Washington Post, The Crisis, Chicago, and Reader's Digest. Benson is the author of the novel Special Interest.

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