Chris Crowe Books
Mississippi Trial, 1955
By Chris Crowe
Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation's most notorious cri...
Read MoreGetting Away with Murder
By Chris Crowe
This Jane Adams award winner is an in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. "Crowe pays powerful tribute to a boy whose untimely death spurred...
Read MoreDeath coming up the hill
By Chris Crowe
Douglas Ashe keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns seventeen, including the escalating war in Vietnam, assassinations, rampant racism, and rioting; his...
Read MoreThurgood Marshall
By Chris Crowe
Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's his life leading up to that point--from school troublemaker to passionate lawyer--that makes him bo...
Read MoreMississippi trial, 1955
By Chris Crowe
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American from Chicago.
Read MoreGetting away with murder
By Chris Crowe
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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