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Subject: TILL, EMMETT (1941-1955)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTERIMAGES, by AUDRE LORDE    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: However the image enters
Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba
Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Jackson, Mississippi; Till, Emmett (1941-1955); Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


EMMETT TILL, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I hear a whistling
Last Line: River boy %who swims forever, %deep in treasures, %necklacedin %a coral toy
Subject(s): Lynching; Racism; Till, Emmett (1941-1955)


EMMETT TILL (AUGUST 1955), by SAM CORNISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: If the south was a woman he would whip it into shape
Last Line: But %enever emmett till
Subject(s): Lynching; Racism; Till, Emmett (1941-1955)


LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: After the murder, %after the burial
Last Line: Chaos in windy grays %through a red prairie
Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Lynching; Till, Emmett (1941-1955)


THE LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: After the murder, / after the burial
Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Lynching; Till, Emmett (1941-1955)