First, that Till’s father was executed after what was probably a racially motivated incident during WWII in Italy (page 38). Using the original text as a frame, Crowe inserts two important facts. This update comes fifteen years after the first publication. Progress is possible, and our understanding of civil rights history is essential in that progress. If we have learned anything in the twenty first century from the Emmett Till case, it’s that our fellow citizens – and our common history – matter. I think he wrote the second edition not only to provide updates to the event that occurred 60 years ago, but to re-contextualize it as well. Crowe wrote the first edition of the book because so little else had been written to document this event that is significant in the U.S.’s civil rights legacy. New York Timesĭocuments the life and death of Emmitt Till, an African American boy who at age 14 was murdered in retaliation for alleged overtures to Carolyn Bryant Donham in Bryant’s Grocery Store and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi. Chris Crowe 2 HELD FOR TRIAL IN SLAYING OF BOY. In The True Story of the Emmett Till Case : Getting Away With Murder. Title: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case : Getting Away With Murder
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