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A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner Paperback - 2009
by Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
In a profound and chilling poem--a Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor book--award-winning poet Nelson reminds readers of the young boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. Full color.
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A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.
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 held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement.
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 held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. In a profound and chilling poem, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement.
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- Title A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner
- Author Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books
- Date 2009-01-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780547076362 / 0547076363
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.3 x 7.8 x 0.2 in (18.54 x 19.81 x 0.51 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Catalog Heading: Social Studies
- Curriculum Strand: Social Studies
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder), Children's poetry, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004009205
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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