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
Author’s
Website
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