Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file
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Wideman, John Edgar,
Published
New York : Scribner, 2016., New York : Scribner, 2016.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm.
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.1523
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LC Subjects
African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African American soldiers -- Biography.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.
Till, Louis, -- 1922-1945 -- Death and burial.
True crime stories.
United States. -- Army. -- Transportation Command. -- Battalion, 379th. -- Company, 177th -- Biography.
War crimes -- Italy -- Civitavecchia.
War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wideman, John Edgar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
Bisac Subjects
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage.
History / African American.
True Crime / Murder.

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Published
New York : Scribner, 2016., New York : Scribner, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English

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Description
An award?winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till?a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett?s murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective memory in America by one of the most formidable Black intellectuals of our time.
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Adult.,Brodart
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Adult.,Brodart

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