The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson

The Blood of Emmett Till

Timothy B. Tyson with Rhett Samuel Price (Narrator)

8 hours, 35 minutes first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history race true crime reflective slow-paced

Description

Mississippi, 1955: fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by a white mob after making flirtatious remarks to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Till's attackers were never convicted, but his lynching became one of the most notorious hate crimes in...

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Moods

informative 86%
sad 80%
emotional 66%
dark 63%
challenging 47%
reflective 41%
tense 36%
hopeful 5%
inspiring 5%

Pace

medium 68%
slow 28%
fast 3%

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4.27

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