mississippi

__Mississippi Trial, 1955__ by Chris Crowe ISBN: 0-8037-2745-3 ©2002 229 pages R.L.- 5.5

pp. 1-2 where Hiram is explaining about his relationship with his dad and how he ended up in Mississippi one summer with his grandfather
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Hiram Hillburn is 16 when he is allowed to finally visit his grandfather in Mississippi for a few weeks in the summer of 1955. What he didn’t expect, and what he doesn’t understand, is how people could hate a young african american boy so much...so much that they would kill the boy. Hiram learns a lot about his father, grandfather, and racism during that summer.
 * Summary:**
 * This is a fictional story, and all of the characters are false with the exception of Emmett Till. Emmett Till was real, and was murdered when he was 14 back in the summer of 1955 for whistling at a white woman.

YA fiction-- multicultural; historical fiction; grandfathers; fathers and sons; racism; Emmett Till; African Americans; Mississippi; race relations** ©Steele-WDMS**