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Mississippi
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A Wreath for Emmett TillThis illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955. |
811 NEL |
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A Wreath for Emmett TillThis illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955. |
811 NEL |
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Absalom, Absalom!Parable of the founding, glory, and decay of the South as Thomas Sutpen aspires to Southern aristocracy, and fails. |
FIC Fau |
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Black BoyThe autobiography of an African-American writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn. |
B WRIGHT |
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A Mother's GiftFourteen-year-old Holly Fay Lovell leaves the small southern town where she lives with her mother, a seamstress, in order to pursue her dream of a singing career, not knowing the whole truth about her |
FIC SPE |
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Getting Away with MurderPresents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955. |
364.15 CRO |
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The ChamberIn 1967, Mississippi Klansman Sam Cayhall is accused of bombing Marvin Kramer's law offices, killing Kramer's two sons. |
FIC GRI |
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Fannie Lou HamerA biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice. |
B HAMER |
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The Road to MemphisIn 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state. |
FIC TAY |
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Let the Circle Be UnbrokenFour black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need. |
FIC TAY |
