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The definitive Emmett Till : passion and battle of a woman for truth and intellectual justice
- Title
- The definitive Emmett Till : passion and battle of a woman for truth and intellectual justice / by Clenora Hudson-Weems.
- Author
- Hudson-Weems, Clenora
- Publication
- Bloomington, IN : AuthorHouse, 2015.
- ©2006
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- Description
- xxxiii, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The author, known for her writings about Emmett Till and how his murder became a catalyst for the civil rights movement; now writes of how others in the historical and publishing community have minimized her scholarly contribution on this topic.
- Subjects
- Labor movement > United States > History > 20th century
- Civil rights movements > United States
- Historiography > Social aspects > United States > 20th century
- African American women > Biography
- United States > Race relations
- Black author
- African American historians > 20th century
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Hudson-Weems, Clenora
- African American social reformers > History > 20th century
- Note
- Part II of trilogy: Part I - Emmett Till : the sacrificial lamb of the Civil rights movement ; Part III - Plagiarism : physical & intellectual lynchings : an Emmett Till continuum.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr. -- Preface / Dr. James B. Stewart -- Introduction / Dr. Fredrick Woodward -- Part one. Establishing the Till Authority (1985 to present) -- The beginnings : the Till chronology -- "The modern civil rights movement : [the lost chapter]" -- "His cousins remember"--July 19, 1986 -- "Unearthing Emmett Till : a compelling process" -- Television interviews (February 1989 & 2004) -- Documentation of recognition after 1994 book release, programs for two national Till conference s(Aug. 1995 & Sept. 2000) and announcement for Till play production -- Emmett Till : an interview with The American Audio Prose library (Spring 1995) -- "Resurrecting Emmett Till: the catalyst of the civil rights movement" -- Part two. Confronting plagiarism : busted -- Testimonies : the academy and the public speak out -- impact and implication of misinformation : from the web page -- Part three. The Emmet Till continuum -- Another wake-up call, another catalyst : the plight of Black farmers & our land legacy in the wake of the Katrina disaster, a Till comtinuum [sic] -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : Elombe Brath, WBAI-FM executive producer and host for "Afrikaleidoscope" -- Afterword : Jacquelyn Fazier-Lyde, Esq. 5 time world champion boxer, "Sister Smoke" -- About the book -- A tribute to the Labor Movement.
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-1859
- ISBN
- 9781425939816
- 1425939813
- OCLC
- 934637654
- Author
- Hudson-Weems, Clenora, author.
- Title
- The definitive Emmett Till : passion and battle of a woman for truth and intellectual justice / by Clenora Hudson-Weems.
- Publisher
- Bloomington, IN : AuthorHouse, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised Edition
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-1859