![]() ![]() ![]() Theology: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. ![]() The extreme violence of the crime put a national spotlight on the ways of the South. How does the perspective on gender/race/culture/economics/ability make a difference to the story: The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. With lively narrative, illustrations and photographs, this impressive book brings insight to the case in a way that is accessible and eye-opening for teenagers and adults alike. Literary elements at work in the story: In clear, vivid detail this book gives the detail of the crime, as well as the dramatic court trial. Two white men were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury and later bragged publicly about the crime Three days later his brutally beaten body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. It was said that Emmett whistled at a white woman, something forbidden for a black male. Summary: Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. Title: Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case ![]()
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