Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till
by Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd
Documents the 1955 kidnapping and murder of teenage Emmett Till as remembered by... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 28,849
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1050L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 148400, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Trials (Murder)
- 20th century
- Crimes against
- Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African American teenage boys--Mississippi--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Mississippi
- Trials (Murder)--Mississippi
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- African American teenage boys--Mississippi--Biography
- Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--Juvenile literature
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- African American teenage boys
- Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century
- Till, Emmett
- African Americans
- Lynching
- History
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Juvenile literature
- Mississippi--Race relations
- Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century
- African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--History--20th century
- Racism
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Mississippi--Race relations--Juvenile literature
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Multicultural and International Honor, 2010
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