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Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Angela Joy

This picture-book biography tells of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till. In 1955, Emmett, then fourteen, was murdered while visiting the South. The book follows how Mamie Till-Mobley turned her grief after his death into a call for action within the civil rights movement. It places her story in the history of racial violence and the movement for civil rights.

This book appears on 6 reading lists across 2 editions from 6 organizations.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
680L
ATOS Book Level
4.4
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1767
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
P
Themes
Activism · Grief And Loss · History · Racism And Prejudice · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Published
September 6, 2022
Pages
64
ISBN-13
9781250220950
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2023Historical People, Places, and Events
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