{"product_id":"shadows-of-emmett-till-bob-newman-9783969000694","title":"Shadows of Emmett Till","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exceptional publication, both alarming and poignant, that sheds light\u003cbr\u003e on unresolved racial injustices in the time of Black Lives Matter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eMississippi Delta has been called \"The Most Southern Place on Earth,\" a region\u003cbr\u003eof layered histories that collide with each other on a daily basis. It's a\u003cbr\u003eplace that defines America and Americans like no other part of the country - a\u003cbr\u003eculture entwined with slavery, poverty, and political and economic oppression.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the land that gave birth to the creative genius of Muddy Waters and B.B.\u003cbr\u003eKing, and to the horror of the Civil Rights-era murder of young Emmett Till.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShadows of Emmett Till seeks to probe that complex past: picturing the\u003cbr\u003eenergy of a landscape that has bred both hatred and creativity, interrogating\u003cbr\u003ethe whiteness that has always held power in its grip in a place that is\u003cbr\u003epredominantly Black, and observing the many ways the shadow of Till's murder\u003cbr\u003estill hangs over the Delta. This is work that breathes the Delta air and seeks\u003cbr\u003eto frame the region and its people in a 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e-century context, at a\u003cbr\u003etime when white America may be starting to finally come to terms with the sins\u003cbr\u003eof its past. It guides the viewer\u003cbr\u003ein an exploration of what the Delta was and what it now is.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, \u003cbr\u003eone can see the past spill into the present punctuated with troubling parallels\u003cbr\u003eto George Floyd and so many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3969000696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783969000694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kehrer Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.00h x 9.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Bob Newman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079477162239,"sku":"9783969000694","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ffeaf66-7ee1-49a8-847c-17aa06ba82ce.jpg?v=1685481363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-of-emmett-till-bob-newman-9783969000694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}