Getting Away with Murder (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) Review
How can the death of one black boy spur on an era of change in the U.S.? The book Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe takes an in-depth look at the murder case that helped spur on the Civil Rights Movement. The case of the murder of a fourteen year old black boy from the North in Mississippi in 1955 helped to solidify the resolve of African Americans around the country to fight for change. While many of us have been taught that it was Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus that got the Civil Rights era rolling, Crowe works to prove that it was actually the murder of this young boy that began the movement to end segregation in America. This event is often overlooked or barely mentioned in history classes. This book looks at Tills's murder, the trial that followed, and the resulting shockwaves sent out by the results of the trial.
What makes this book so good is the fact that it places the reader right into the event itself by using actual accounts of the events and trial. Thanks in part to the use of period photographs, one can image oneself at the store where Till was accused of whistling at a white women, at the murder scene itself, and inside the court room during the trial. It is hard to not be wrapped up in the events when you can see and "hear," through actual accounts, what is transpiring in the story. The book sets the stage for Till's murder by explaining the conditions in the South at the time, then takes the reader step by step through the events of the murder, trial, and the trial's aftermath.
Take a trip back in time and decide for yourself if Till's murder truly began the Civil Rights Movement. Feel the heartbreak of a mother who lost her only son, see the photograph that shocked Americans, and make sure that Till's story is no longer overlooked.
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Getting Away with Murder (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) Overview
The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. Likely showing off to friends, Emmett allegedly whistled at a white woman. Three days later his brutally beaten body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. The extreme violence of the crime put a national spotlight on the Jim Crow ways of the South, and many Americans-Black and white-were further outraged at the speedy trial of the white murderers. Although the two white men were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury, they later bragged publicly about the crime. It was a galvanizing moment for Black leaders and ordinary citizens, including such activists as Rosa Parks. In clear, vivid detail Chris Crowe investigates the before-and-aftermath of the crime, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the nascent Civil Rights Movement.
With lively narrative and abundantly illustrated with forty fascinating contemporaneous photographs, this impressive work of nonfiction brings fresh insight to the case in a manner that will be accessible and eye-opening for teenagers and adults alike.
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Customer Reviews
Getting Away with Murder Book Review - Andrea L. Thamdrup - USA
Getting Away with Murder by Chris Crowe
I thought this book was very interesting because it gave a good description about Emmett Till being brutally murdered in Flint, Mississippi. This whole situation started because of segregation down south in Mississippi. This incident contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant at first were not accused of committing murder; they later confessed that they murdered Emmet Till. This book gave me facts that I did not know because at first I did not know who Emmet Till was until I read this book. I think this book should be permitted to read all around the word because this is what led to equal rights for African Americans.
Review of Emmet Tilll book - K. Hannuksela - Rhode Island
Book was received quickly and in excellent condition. Story is an engrossing tale of the abuse of civil rights in the 1950s and '60s.
8th grade assignment - Good Read! - Jean M. Barker -
My son was assigned in 8th Grade Language Arts class to read any book on the subject of Emmett Till's death. He reported that this book was a good non-fiction read and presented the facts in a balanced manner. He highly recommends that if any other middle-schooler has a similar assignment, that they pick this book to read.
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