Emmett Till in Different States: Poems

by Philip C. Kolin

The poems in Emmett Till in Different States span more than 7 decades of events in Emmett Till's legacy from the 1940s to the present. In them Philip Kolin shows how Emmett Till's importance has expanded from being a Civil Rights martyr to becoming a choric, heroic commentator on the tragedies of Civil Rights injustices (e.g. Medgar Evers's murder, the Freedom Riders, the murders of Chicago's children, Trayvon Martin), and a voice of conscience for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883783606
• ISBN13: 9780883783603
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Third World Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"