{"product_id":"a-few-days-full-of-trouble-revelations-on-the-journey-to-justice-for-my-cousin-and-best-friend-emmett-till","title":"A Few Days Full of Trouble : Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desc_summary0593134281-content\" class=\"expandContent\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for racial reckoning, both then and now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice • “In this moving and important book, the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson give us a unique window onto the anguished search for justice in a case whose implications shape us still.”—Jon Meacham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. That remains an undisputed fact of the case that ignited a flame within the Civil Rights Movement that has yet to be extinguished. Yet the rest of the details surrounding the event remain distorted by time and too many tellings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat does justice mean in the resolution of a cold case spanning nearly seven decades? In\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Few Days Full of Trouble,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethis question drives a new perspective on the story of Emmett Till, relayed by his cousin and best friend—the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., a survivor of the night of terror when young Emmett was taken from his family’s rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRev. Parker offers an emotional and suspenseful page-turner set against a backdrop of reporting errors and manipulations, racial reckoning, and political pushback—and he does so accompanied by never-before-seen findings in the investigation, the soft resurrection of memory, and the battle-tested courage of faith.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Few Days Full of Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a powerful work of truth-telling, a gift to readers looking to reconcile the weight of the past with a hope for the future.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cleary's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47492137419032,"sku":"9780593134283","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780593134283_5e67d.jpg?v=1704945965","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/a-few-days-full-of-trouble-revelations-on-the-journey-to-justice-for-my-cousin-and-best-friend-emmett-till","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}