The barn: the secret history of a murder in Mississippi

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Thompson, Wright
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2024
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"A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long"--

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African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
African American teenage boys
African American teenage boys -- Crimes against -- Mississippi
Civil rights
Collective memory
Collective memory -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
Crimes against
Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Government policy
History
Lynching
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
Murder
Murder -- Social aspects -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
Race relations
Racism
Racism against Black people
Racism against Black people -- Government policy -- Mississippi
Social aspects
Till, Emmett
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955

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