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- Title
Forgotten Manuscripts: "Blues for Emmett Till": The Earliest Extant Song about the Murder of Emmett Till.
- Authors
Kolin, Philip C.
- Abstract
This article discusses the song "The Blues for Emmett Till," the earliest extant song about the racial lynching of Emmett Till on August 28, 1955. Details are given describing the cultural and literary response to the crime by the African American and white community. Accounts are provided contextualizing the composition of the song by Aaron Kramer and Clyde Appleton in the months that followed. Analysis is offered discussing how the song's text reflects the social outrage which surrounded the incident.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SONGS; TILL, Emmett, 1941-1955; BLUES music; LYNCHING; KRAMER, Aaron; APPLETON, Clyde R.; UNITED States music; UNITED States social conditions; 20TH century music history; SOCIAL history -- 1945-1960
- Publication
African American Review, 2008, Vol 42, Issue 3/4, p455
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Article