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Title: Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley, Christopher Benson, Chris Benson ISBN: 1-4000-6117-2 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good Book
Comment: As a mother myself,I cannot fathom how a young black child could be so horribly and viciously killed. For years, there have been different versions to this story,and for the most part,it made him seem as though he was disrespectful to the lady when all that only happened was this young fella trying to get what he wanted out of his mouth by whistling(as he was taught by his mother and grandmother).Thank God for Mrs Mobley's book. I read it through within a day. Some of the stuff,I had to make myself read,and it makes you wonder how folk can still go on living after such an ordeal. My hat goes out to the memory of a dear woman who lived her life with courage and dignity,and a son needlessly killed. Every mother regardless of her color should read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Riveting Story Told By A Fascinating Woman
Comment: Mamie Till Mobley lost her only son, 14 year-old Emmett Till, to a hate crime in Money, Mississippi, on August 28, 1955. She was denied justice in a farcical trial in which the boy's murderers were set free. As much as it is the story of Emmett Till, it is also the story of a determined mother to dedicate the remainder of her life in supporting the civil rights movement, and as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. She is a shining example of what we all should be, a positive influence on those we come into contact. She didn't spend her life in bitterness at her son's killers. She only hoped they would repent of their crime (they didn't), because their final Judge would not be a jury from the state of Mississippi. The killers found their so-called supporters had drifted away from them, because of the negative attention this crime brought to the area. Their business was boycotted by blacks, and their wives left them. Emmett Till was a sacrificial lamb that started the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, and the subsequent contributions of his mother in touching the lives of those she came in contact with is something that can't be measured. The winners in this story are a mother, a child, and the country's awareness of the need for civil rights for all citizens, while the losers are the boy's killers. There is much to learn in this book, and Mamie Till Mobley continues to teach others through this book even though she passed from this world on January 6, 2003. I did find a date mistake listed twice. On page 121 the initial incident at the grocery store in Money, Mississippi, is listed as Wednesday, August 20th. It has to be August 24th, because Emmett Till left Chicago for Mississippi on Saturday, August 20th. This mistake is repeated in the pictures. The date is later corrected to Wednesday, August 24th, on pages 185 and 261. Although it is difficult to wonder how these mistakes slipped through a proofreader, in no way does it detract from the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Moving and Powerful!! The Remembrance of a Matyr
Comment: I am a 20 year old black college student that is from Clarksdale, MS. This is a little Delta town near where Emmet's murder was committed and also is mentioned in the book. The horrors described in this book are ones that every child from the Delta is aware of and is cautioned about. The men that murdered Emmett were brutal, merciless, tyrants that deserved the death penalty.
This book moved me to tears simply because of the fact that Mrs. Till never hated or wanted revenge for these men. She just wanted them to show some remorse and hoped that their little boys didn't grow up with the same kind of hatred that killed her son. This book clarified a lot of the myths that I have heard over the years about his death and also showed how strong and determined his mother was. He was her only child, the only boy, and yet she pushed and kept on fighting for him. They brought him home in a box filled with lime so he could deteriorate faster, and she said he didn't even look human, but she fought and never lost in the war of racism. She opened that box that was sealed by the state of Mississippi, and said "let the world see what I've seen". I think that this book is an eye-opener for anyone not familiar with Mississippi and for people that are, it is a raw look at the ugly truth. Mrs. Till went on to become a teacher and influenced lots of more kids with the passion that she would have given Emmett, and I thank her for this look into a heart that was wounded beyond repair and thanks to God, she made it. We made it. Emmett will never be forgotten, his story lives on still.
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Title: The Lynching of Emmett Till: A Documentary Narrative (The American South Series) by Christopher Metress ISBN: 0813921228 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe ISBN: 0803728042 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till by Stephen J. Whitfield ISBN: 080184326X Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton ISBN: 0316144924 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Hottentot Venus: A Novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud ISBN: 0385508565 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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