Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

by Angela Joy

Book Overview

A Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.

Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement, but few know that it was his mother who was the catalyst for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250220955
• ISBN13: 9781250220950
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6