A few days full of trouble : revelations on the journey to justice for my cousin and best friend, Emmett Till / Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson.
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TextPublisher: New York : One World, [2023]Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593134269
- 0593134265
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Murder -- Investigation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movement -- History -- 20th century
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for racial reckoning, both then and now.
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * "In this moving and important book, the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson give us a unique window onto the anguished search for justice in a case whose implications shape us still."--Jon Meacham
In 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. 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 event remain distorted by time and too many tellings.
What does justice mean in the resolution of a cold case spanning nearly seven decades? In A Few Days Full of Trouble, this question drives a new perspective on the story of Emmett Till, relayed by his cousin and best friend--the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., a survivor of the night of terror when young Emmett was taken from his family's rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night.
Rev. Parker offers an emotional and suspenseful page-turner set against a backdrop of reporting errors and manipulations, racial reckoning, and political pushback--and he does so accompanied by never-before-seen findings in the investigation, the soft resurrection of memory, and the battle-tested courage of faith. A Few Days Full of Trouble is a powerful work of truth-telling, a gift to readers looking to reconcile the weight of the past with a hope for the future.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-380) and index.
White lies -- What is life? -- "What does justice look like?" -- "Investigate and legislate" -- Unreasonable doubt -- A place called slaughter -- Broken promises -- Law and order -- Tale of the tape -- Reading between the lies -- Alternative facts -- Monuments, memorials, memories -- House of mirrors -- Appropriation -- Ghost skins -- Reckoning with the consequences.
"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 question drives a new telling of the story of Emmett Till, relayed by his cousin and best friend-the Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr., a survivor of the night of terror when 14-year-old Emmett was taken from his family's rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night"-- Provided by publisher.