An edition of Behind the lynching of Emmet Louis Till
(1955)
Behind the lynching of Emmet Louis Till
by Louis Burnham and Louis E. Burnham
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Treats economic, political and social conditions in the South that oppress Black people, and poor people more generally, to the benefit of a much smaller wealthy class.
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Blacks, Lynching, African Americans, Crimes againstPeople
Emmett Till (1941-1955)Places
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First Sentence
"In all the foul record of human oppression, few crimes have matched in unbridled savagery the kidnap-murder of Emmett Louis Till."
Table of Contents
A $1.00 Loaf of Bread. 3
Union Meeting Attacked. 4
Not Just a "Case" but a "System". 5
The Plantation Economy. 6
Whites Are Victims, Too. 6
The "Upper Classes" and the Mob. 7
A New Secession Movement. 8
The Silence of Guilt. 9
Reconstruction Democracy Shortlived. 10
Freedom Will Come. 12
Labor's Special Role. 13
A New World In Birth. 13
Tribune of His People. 14
Program of Land Reform. 15
There Are Things You Can Do Now. 16
Edition Notes
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LC copy transferred from the Moton Family papers, LC Manuscript Division.
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| August 16, 2021 | Edited by AgentSapphire | Merge works |
| January 21, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add subjects and covers |
| December 11, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |