A Wreath for Emmett Till
Marilyn Nelson
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· 14 ratings · 48 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2005
Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr’s wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to “speak what we see.”
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