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The award-winning author of “A Wreath for Emmett Till,” a poetic memorial to the teenage civil rights icon murdered in Mississippi, said Wednesday it was “unconscionable” that a planned presentation of the work by students at a Los Angeles charter school sparked the firing of two teachers.
Marilyn Nelson, a former poet laureate of Connecticut and National Book Award finalist, wrote to the school, Celerity Nascent, and said that she was “troubled” and “shocked” at the events and urged that teachers Marisol Alba and Sean Strauss be reinstated.
1 Comment:
1 phyllis c. murray
· Mar 23, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Lest We Forget…
I remember the murder of Emmitt Till. I also remember Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney, the civil rights organizers who gave their lives in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen of the United States. The wanton destruction of human lives seemed to mark what has become known as “The Turbulent 60s.”
Phyllis C. Murray