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African Americans Crimes against African Americans Crimes against Mississippi History 20th century Civil rights movement Mississippi History 20th century Lynching Lynching Mississippi History 20th century Mississippi Murder Investigation Murder Investigation Mississippi History 20th century Racism Racism Mississippi History 20th centuryNelson, Stanley
Summary: "After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window, Klansmen tossed a lit match inside the store, now doused in gasoline, and instantly set the building ablaze. A shotgun pointed to Morris's head blocked his escape from the flames. Four days later...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 NELParker, Wheeler
Summary: "In 1955, Emmett Till was lynched when he was 14 years old. That remains an undisputed fact of the case that ignited a flame within the civil rights movement that has yet to be extinguished. Yet the rest of the details surrounding the case remain distorted by time and too many tellings. What does justice mean in the resolution of a 66 year-old cold case? In A Few Days Full of Trouble, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2023