Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America

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"Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America" is a memoir by Mamie Till-Mobley recounting the life and brutal lynching of her son Emmett Till and its pivotal role in galvanizing the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
about Mamie Till-Mobley’s life and activism ⓘ
impact of Emmett Till’s death on the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till in 1955 ⓘ
author Christopher Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focusesOnEvent kidnapping of Emmett Till ⓘ
media coverage of Emmett Till’s murder ⓘ
open-casket funeral of Emmett Till ⓘ
rise of Mamie Till-Mobley as a civil rights activist ⓘ
trial of Emmett Till’s killers ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasForm audiobook ⓘ
e-book ⓘ
print book ⓘ
hasSubject civil rights organizing ⓘ
grassroots activism ⓘ
grief ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
segregation ⓘ
intendedAudience general adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hate crime ⓘ
lynching of Emmett Till ⓘ
racial violence in the United States ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor firsthand account by Emmett Till’s mother ⓘ
linking Emmett Till’s murder to the modern Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
pageCount ~320 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 2003 ⓘ
publisher One World NERFINISHED ⓘ
Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ
subtitle The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1950s American South ⓘ
20th-century United States ⓘ
Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs educational text on civil rights history ⓘ

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Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on open-casket funeral → notableWork → Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America ⓘ
subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley
Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on open-casket funeral → subjectOf → Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America ⓘ
subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley