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Writing to save a life: the Louis Till file

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An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Tilla man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmetts murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective memory in America by one of the most formidable Black intellectuals of our time.
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African American
African American men
African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century
African Americans
African American soldiers
African American soldiers -- Biography
Autobiography
Biographies
Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Death and burial
Ethnology
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Till, Emmett
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Death and burial
Till, Louis
Till, Louis, -- 1922-1945 -- Death and burial
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United States. -- Army. -- Transportation Command. -- Battalion, 379th. -- Company, 177th -- Biography
War crimes
War crimes -- Italy -- Civitavecchia
War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Wideman, John Edgar
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
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