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Lädt ... A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till (2023. Auflage)von Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. (Autor), Christopher Benson (Autor)
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"In 1955, Emmett Till was lynched when he was 14 years old. That remains an undisputed fact of the case that ignited a flame within the civil rights movement that has yet to be extinguished. Yet the rest of the details surrounding the case remain distorted by time and too many tellings. What does justice mean in the resolution of a 66 year-old cold case? In A Few Days Full of Trouble, this question drives a new telling of the story of Emmett Till, relayed by his cousin and best friend-the Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr., a survivor of the night of terror when 14-year-old Emmett was taken from his family's rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This book spans decades, from the event in 1955 all the way up to our current times and sadly shows that true justice will most likely never be fully attained, another fact that is gut-wrenching and beyond frustrating. All of the names of the disgusting humans that did this make me sick, but the name Carolyn Bryant truly makes my skin crawl. If she wouldn’t have did what she did then Emmitt would most likely be alive, and this nightmare (hopefully) wouldn’t have happened. She’s admitted to lying and should’ve been put to justice decades ago! I hope justice will be served, but sadly time is running out.
I am not a vindictive person by nature but I can’t help but wish the same fate that befell on Emmitt would’ve been bestowed on those that had any part of the torture and lynching of this wonderful child. He didn’t deserve anything that happened to him and my heart will never not ache when I think about him. I remember the first time I heard Emmitt Till’s story in school when I was in elementary school and it left an imprint on my heart that has only grown as I’ve gotten older. The injustice paired with how young and innocent Emmitt was makes this whole ordeal even worse.
If I had one complaint about the book I would say the repetitive nature did wear on me at times. From the introduction I could see this writer was going to be fairly repetitive, which being Emmitt Till’s cousin, and having been there in 1955, I can understand, as his writings come from a deeply emotional place. Still, repetitive writing can quickly become rote, causing the impact of the statements to not hit as hard as they could otherwise, which is a shame. Regardless, this is still a story that needs to be told and more importantly needs to be heard, and I am so thankful to Reverend Parker for speaking the truth since Emmitt can’t be here to speak it himself.
*I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book which I received from the author/publisher through NetGalley. All views and opinions expressed are completely honest, and my own. ( )