Racism in Southern Life 
.... lives. The murder of
Emmett Till was Moody's first lesson in that. She writes "Mrs. Burke had made me feel like rotten garbage. ....
(1590
6
)
Lynching in the United States
.... It was finally the work of the NAACP, and the 1955 lynching of a 14-year old boy named
Emmett Till, that outraged the public and led to the decline of lynching ....
(2337
9
)
Non-Fiction "Coming of Age," Narratives
.... If Moody did not know by the age of fourteen how much racist violence was a part of the country, the murder of fourteen-year-old
Emmett Till for the alleged ....
(1607
6
)
The lynching of African Americans
....
Emmett Till and his cousin Curtis Jones were visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi. They were staying with Curtis' grandfather, Mose Wright. ....
(1490
6
)
Litigation in the Civil Rights Movement
.... mixed with the triumph. The killing of
Emmett Till reminded blacks of the dangers that they faced every day. But the sight of a ....
(965
4
)
Bob Dylan
.... He attacked racism and prejudice in "The Death of
Emmett Till," in which he describes the lynching of a young black male, "If you can't speak out against this ....
(999
4
)
"The Dutchman" and "Blues for Mister Charlie"
.... Baldwin (1964) commented in the notes for the play that it was based very distantly on the case of
Emmett Till, a Black youth murdered in Mississippi in 1955. ....
(1988
8
)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
.... The murder of
Emmett Till is an awakening experience for her, her first introduction to the bigger world outside her narrow life to that time. ....
(1622
6
)
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
.... by whites. I lay in bed for two days . . .recalling the Taplin burning, Jerry's beating,
Emmett Till's murder . . . I thought of ....
(1684
7
)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
.... by whites. I lay in bed for two days . . . recalling the Taplin burning, Jerry's beating,
Emmett Till's murder. . . . I thought ....
(3248
13
)
