Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file
2016
Book
An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till - a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett's murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective memory in America by one of the most formidable intellectuals of our time.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781501147289
- 1501147285
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: 193 pages ; 22 cm
Other Title: Louis Till file
Contents:
- Louis Till
- The file
- Graves.
LCCN: 2016015604
Control Number: 1868009
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2016.Subjects:
- African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- African American soldiers -- Biography.
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.
- Till, Louis, 1922-1945 -- Death and burial.
- United States. Army. Transportation Command. Battalion, 379th. Company, 177th -- Biography.
- War crimes -- Italy -- Civitavecchia.
- War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
Genre: Biographies.