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Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement  Cover Image Book Book

Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement / Angela Joy ; illustrated by Janelle Washington.

Joy, Angela, 1975- (author.). Washington, Janelle, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250220950 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1250220955 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages: 6-10 Roaring Brook Press.
Grades: 2-3 Roaring Brook Press.
Awards Note:
Caldecott honor book, 2023
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe new talent illustrator award, 2023
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book honor book, 2023
Subject: Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
African American women civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American mothers > United States > Biography.
Mothers of murder victims > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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