{"product_id":"shadows-of-emmett-till-9783969000694","title":"Shadows of Emmett Till","description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exceptional publication, both alarming and poignant, that sheds light\n on unresolved racial injustices in the time of Black Lives Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\nMississippi Delta has been called “The Most Southern Place on Earth,” a region\nof layered histories that collide with each other on a daily basis. It’s a\nplace that defines America and Americans like no other part of the country – a\nculture entwined with slavery, poverty, and political and economic oppression.\nIt is the land that gave birth to the creative genius of Muddy Waters and B.B.\nKing, and to the horror of the Civil Rights-era murder of young Emmett Till.\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShadows of Emmett Till\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to probe that complex past: picturing the\nenergy of a landscape that has bred both hatred and creativity, interrogating\nthe whiteness that has always held power in its grip in a place that is\npredominantly Black, and observing the many ways the shadow of Till’s murder\nstill hangs over the Delta. This is work that breathes the Delta air and seeks\nto frame the region and its people in a 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e-century context, at a\ntime when white America may be starting to finally come to terms with the sins\nof its past.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt guides the viewer\nin an exploration of what the Delta was and what it now is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAlong the way,\none can see the past spill into the present punctuated with troubling parallels\nto George Floyd and so many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Bob Newman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42959957196918,"sku":"9783969000694","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_be66a5ab-0876-4a05-9833-5673063e75af.jpg?v=1767855040","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/shadows-of-emmett-till-9783969000694","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}