Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb in the Modern Civil Rights Movement [Paperback]

Clenora Hudson-Weems (Author), Robert E., Jr. Weems (Introduction)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Bedford Pub; 2nd edition (December 1996)
• ISBN-10: 0911557156
• ISBN-13: 978-0911557152
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,222,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars shocking but necessary, March 19, 2001

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ejs13c (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb in the Modern Civil Rights Movement (Paperback)

I read this book as part of Dr. Robert Weem's Black History class at the University of Missouri and I was absolutely stunned. Being one of a very few white girls growing up on the border of Mexico, I thought I had experienced racism and prejudice, boy did I have a lot to learn. I was first shocked and then just out right embarrassed that anyone, but especially someone I share any similar characteristic with (white skin in this case) could so horribly murder a child. "OH MY GOD" I repeated to myself over and over again. "OH MY GOD."-the picture of that mutilated child will surely sicken the heart of anyone, especially a parent.

I think anyone who has been disillusioned to believe that the old south (or the new south for that matter) was made up of free, happy black folks who were at last welcomed to white society at the abolition of slavery (or even in 1964 for what it is worth) needs to read this book and see the world without the rose colored glasses.

A little hard to follow, this book doesn't flow like a John Grisham novel, but if you can get through the tedious facts (I know, I am part of that now-now generation) you will find a heart wrenching and mortifying story that will change the way you see white America and the poor hand it has dealt so many black people. Also very interesting...the dissention between Till's mother, uncle and the NAACP. I completely recommend this book to anyone interested in history, knowledge, and the truth.