Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file /

Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file /

"In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmett's murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wideman, John Edgar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2016.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Death and burial.
Wideman, John Edgar.
Till, Louis, > 1922-1945 > Death and burial.
United States. > Army. > Transportation Command. > Battalion, 379th. > Company, 177th > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > African Americans > Biography.
African American soldiers > Biography.
War crimes > Italy > Civitavecchia.
War crimes > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Italy.
African American men > Social conditions > 20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
HISTORY / African American.
TRUE CRIME / Murder.
Biographies.
True crime stories.

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