Poetry Slam!: A Wreath for Emmett Till

by Marilyn Nelson
In a sequence of 15 sonnets, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson pays tribute to the young boy whose brutal, racially motivated murder outraged the country. This list includes words from Nelson's notes on the historical event and her writing process.
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