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melissamcallisterbookishgirl's review against another edition
5.0
I am just speechless. A thorough and sobering book that reflects on the struggle for justice that remains ongoing. That we continue to remember Emmett Till and Say. His. Name. is crucial in the climate we are living through. This book should be on every high school reading list.
doingallright's review against another edition
5.0
Educational and well written. Unfortunately not a whole lot changed since. Perhaps this person was murdered because he catcalled/harassed a woman.
I didn't fully stop at a stop sign once, and was stopped by the police. He gave me a warning and let me go and the alternative is often needlessly harsher for others. It's not right.
I didn't fully stop at a stop sign once, and was stopped by the police. He gave me a warning and let me go and the alternative is often needlessly harsher for others. It's not right.
gryffennavi42's review against another edition
5.0
This was so interesting to learn about what happened to Emmett Till. What was done to him was a horrible tragedy, interesting to see the twists and turns his story takes and the lies the other side told to get away with murder
queenerdloser's review against another edition
5.0
this one hits a lot differently in the aftermath of george floyd and especially in the aftermath of the chauvin trial. reading how the case was presented to the jury, how thoroughly the jury was chosen, the reactions of the world vs the reactions of the locals, the brave testimony of the witnesses; all of it brought back shades of the chauvin trial. even as it gives me hope that at least one murderer of black men was prosecuted, it's hard to stomach that it took 60 years to make it happen.
an excellent read. obviously well-researched and thoroughly detailed, with plenty of context on the racial situation in Mississippi at the time to add more meat to the covering of the trial itself. tyson's refusal to demur or restain descriptions of brutality - especially about emmett till's body or his murder - was appreciated. more than a little of this book was infuriating to read, made even more so by the knowledge that these opinions and attitudes have not changed or gone away in the 60 or so years since the trial. tyson's connection the Ferguson and the BLM at the end helps highlight that in a very necessary way.
an excellent read. obviously well-researched and thoroughly detailed, with plenty of context on the racial situation in Mississippi at the time to add more meat to the covering of the trial itself. tyson's refusal to demur or restain descriptions of brutality - especially about emmett till's body or his murder - was appreciated. more than a little of this book was infuriating to read, made even more so by the knowledge that these opinions and attitudes have not changed or gone away in the 60 or so years since the trial. tyson's connection the Ferguson and the BLM at the end helps highlight that in a very necessary way.
thinkingcatss's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.75
jg12389's review against another edition
5.0
Incredible. A must-read. The writing is powerful. It's obviously a heavy read but it really takes you back in time to see the wider context of what was going on during the time that Emmett Till was lynched. It's heartbreaking and maddening but also very hopeful. Highly recommend.