Crowe, Chris. Getting Away With Murder: the True Story of the Emmett Till Case. Phyllis Fogelman Books, New York: 2003. 128 pages. Tr. $18.99 ISBN 0803728042
Annotation
Getting Away with Murder is the story of murder of 14 year old Emmett Till and the subsequent acquittal of the murderers and how this trial helped launch the civil rights movement.
Review
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy visiting Mississippi from Chicago in the summer of 1955. It was while visiting family that this young boy was dragged from his bed in the middle of the night, tortured, and horrendously murdered by two white men for whistling at a white lady. Till’s horrifying murder and the photograph of his bloated and beaten body in Jet magazine, outraged the African American community and sparked the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. What is most unfortunate about Emmett’s murder is that it is often left out of American history texts. Till’s story is important because it reminds us of injustice and racism that once existed in this country and why it is important to stand up to bullies and fight for what is honorable and right.
Awards/Honors
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults 2004
Front and Back Matter
TOC, Acknowledgments, Time Line, Bibliography, Additional Resources
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