UNIT 1--The Dangling Body: Lynching, Sexploitation and the Auction Block




Image courtesy of Google Images. This semester, we will explore sections of Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, a novel by the late Bebe Moore Campbell. This work examines what happens to the Black and White residents of a Southern town after the violent death of a young Black male.

For more information:
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/campbellBebe.php

Parallels can be drawn between young Armstrong Todd and Emmett Till. For more information about the murder of Emmett Till, click here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/

Audio User Reviews of Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2007-02-21/readers-review-your-blues-aint-mine-bebe-moore-campbell 

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