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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... read more
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First Sentence edit
Rosemary for remembrance, Shakespeare wrote: a speech for poor Ophelia, who went mad when her love killed her father.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marilyn Nelson (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
Awards edit
- Michael L. Printz Award (Finalist, 2006, Honor Book)
- Coretta Scott King Book Award (2006: Author, Honor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 811.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
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