Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you’ll find
a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from
the Civil Rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those
devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and
injustice that became a beacon in the fight for racial equality.
The ways this event is remembered have been fraught from the
beginning, revealing currents of controversy, patronage, and racism
lurking just behind the placid facades of historical markers. In
Remembering Emmett Till, Dave Tell gives us five accounts of the
commemoration of this infamous crime. In a development no one could
have foreseen, Till’s murder—one of the darkest moments in the
region’s history—has become an economic driver for the Delta.
Historical tourism has transformed seemingly innocuous places like
bridges, boat landings, gas stations, and river beds into sites of
racial politics, reminders of the still-unsettled question of how
best to remember the victim of this heinous crime. Tell builds an
insightful and persuasive case for how these memorials have altered
the Delta’s physical and cultural landscape, drawing potent
connections between the dawn of the Civil Rights era and our own
moment of renewed fire for racial justice.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2019 |
| Authors: |
Dave Tell
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
312 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-55953-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-55953-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226559537 |
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