Cover image for The barn : the secret history of a murder in Mississippi / Wright Thompson.
Title:
The barn : the secret history of a murder in Mississippi / Wright Thompson.
ISBN:
9780593299821
Personal Author:
Thompson, Wright
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2024.

©2024
Physical Description:
430 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Contents:
The barn -- Destinies -- 1955 -- Tomorrow.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Geographic Term:
Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Term:
Lynching--Mississippi -- History 20th century.

Murder -- Social aspects--Mississippi--Delta (Region)

African American teenage boys -- Crimes against--Mississippi

African Americans -- Civil rights--Mississippi--Delta (Region)

Racism against Black people -- Government policy--Mississippi

Collective memory--Mississippi--Delta (Region)
Genre:
Informational works

Instructional and educational works

True crime stories
OCLC Number:
on1434034385
Availability:
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