{"product_id":"a-few-days-full-of-wheeler-parker-9780593134283","title":"A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for racial reckoning, both then and now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice - \"In this moving and important book, the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson give us a unique window onto the anguished search for justice in a case whose implications shape us still.\"--Jon Meacham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. 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 event remain distorted by time and too many tellings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does justice mean in the resolution of a cold case spanning nearly seven decades? In \u003ci\u003eA Few Days Full of Trouble, \u003c\/i\u003e this question drives a new perspective on 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 young Emmett was taken from his family's rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRev. Parker offers an emotional and suspenseful page-turner set against a backdrop of reporting errors and manipulations, racial reckoning, and political pushback--and he does so accompanied by never-before-seen findings in the investigation, the soft resurrection of memory, and the battle-tested courage of faith. \u003ci\u003eA Few Days Full of Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful work of truth-telling, a gift to readers looking to reconcile the weight of the past with a hope for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wheeler Parker, Christopher Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593134281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593134283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e One World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Wheeler Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365393527039,"sku":"9780593134283","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26e7aa05-f0d4-4a93-afcd-8f3fa20d6507.jpg?v=1697058273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-few-days-full-of-wheeler-parker-9780593134283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}