The Blood Of Emmett Till

"On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi after he allegedly flirted with a white woman in a grocery store. Timothy B. Tyson’s shocking new book about Till’s murder reveals that the woman who accused Till now admits that he was not guilty of any inappropriate behavior. Tyson examines how the boy’s slaying galvanized the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. It’s a beautifully written book, and its importance can’t be overstated."