tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310926572191311477.post9031859816542730846..comments2023-08-08T04:44:51.983-07:00Comments on For Whom the Bell Told: MA Bell's Blog About Librarianship and Technology: 2007 SUMMER READING SUGGESTIONS FOR STAFFMary Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08044499999987192784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310926572191311477.post-42981010569532449582007-06-30T19:27:00.000-07:002007-06-30T19:27:00.000-07:00Dr. Bell I meant to post this before and I know th...Dr. Bell I meant to post this before and I know this is not one of your suggestions for summer readings, but I read it for 585 and let me tell you that I was really impacted by it. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER makes us aware that not all Americans have heard of Emmet Till, which includes me as well. A couple of white men murdered Emmet Till; this murder played a role in the civil rights movement. Thirty years after the murder, an official from NAACP noticed that white people had been killing white boys in that area for a long time, but it was not until Till’s case that made a big fuss. It all happened when Emmet was pressured by his friends to ask a white lady from the store to go out on a date. Nobody knows what really happened, but Carolyn Bryant, who was the store attendant that accused him with her husband. J.W. Milam, along with Roy Bryant took Emmet in the middle of the night and author gives details Emmet’s killing, the rest is history. One of the things that is strange about this book is the fact that the first two chapters have blank double page spreads. The pictures are very impacting, especially the one with Mrs. Till crying by her son’s casket. The photograph that impacted me the most was the one of Emmett in his coffin, which appeared in The Chicago Defender; it actually shows his face and it is horrifying thinking of all the pain he went through. It was a case full of intriguing people who accused Emmet of things that now a day everyone gets away with, though the fact that he was black changed everything. This is a wonderful book to include in multicultural readings for young adults, though this area of the country does not deal with much of black culture, as a Hispanic I can attest for many injustices done out of Laredo. <BR/><BR/>Another suggestion I would make is A WREATH FOR EMMET TILL by Nelson Marilyn, which is I guess you can call it the continuation of GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. There is so much sorrow in this poem, you don’t even have to get the book all you have to do is go online and access it at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4818586, the stanzas are incredible and Farai Chideya does a wonderful job at reciting it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813491532169141965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310926572191311477.post-22819238713567797262007-05-16T21:33:00.000-07:002007-05-16T21:33:00.000-07:00Did you submit your site at blogsearch.sg?You can ...Did you submit your site at blogsearch.sg?<BR/><BR/>You can reach blogsearch by just typing <B>blogsearch.sg</B> in your browser window or <A HREF="http://www.bizleadsnet.com/search.php?bg=blogspot&cat=THE VILLAGE SESSIONS " REL="nofollow">click here</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com