Mississippi Trial, 1955 Audiobook (Free)

Winner from the 2003 International Reading Association Honor for Teen Adult Book. This gripping tale is based on the true occasions from the murder of Emmett Till, among the nation’s most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Privileges Movement.

At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But immediately after he occurs, he crosses pathways with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also going to for the summer. Hiram views firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who won’t ‘understand their place.’ When Emmett’s tortured lifeless body is available floating inside a river, Hiram is set to find out who could perform such a thing. But what will it price him to learn?