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Indlæser... Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till (2010)af Simeon Wright
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A memoir by Emmett Till's cousin who offers a powerful portrait of life in Jim Crow-era Mississippi and offers an eyewitness account of the events leading up to and including his cousin's abduction. ( ) This book finally tells the story of what happened that fateful night that 14-year-old, Emmett (Bobo) Till was taken from the home of his relatives in Money, Mississippi and was never seen alive again. His body was found floating in the river nearby with a gunshot wound to his head. Though a trial took place charging the white men (who witnesses saw take him from the home) were found innocent. The book, written by Simeon Wright, Bobo's cousin tells the story how he remembers it. He clears up common misconceptions and talks candidly about the ordeal which still weighs heavily on him today. The facts are interesting and kept my interest, but I found the writing somewhat dull. It could have been so much better. While I'm sure he didn't want to sensationalize the events, they could have been written with better word choice and urgency as the first-hand account of the subject deserves. All in all, an interesting read, which I would recommend even for students. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil rights movement, is explained in this dramatic narrative by the cousin who was present every step of the way. Simeon Wright saw and heard his cousin Emmett whistle at Caroline Bryant at a grocery store and slept in the same bed with him when her husband came in and took Emmett away; he was there during the aftermath of the murder, and at the trial, where his father testified. This gripping coming-of-age memoir may not bring closure to the Till case, whose perpetrators were left unpunished, but it will set the facts straight about that life-changing incident in 1955. No library descriptions found. |
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