Description
2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book 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, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to "speak what we see."
Details
Author: |
Marilyn Nelson |
Illustrator: |
Philippe Lardy |
ISBN 10: |
0547076363 |
Pages: |
48 |
Publisher: |
Clarion Books |
Publication Date: |
January 12, 2009 |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Weight: |
0.30lbs |
Age Group: |
Young Adult (14 - 18) |
Grade Range: |
7-12 |