Clenora Hudson-Weems, PhD
About the Book
Plagiarism--An Emmett Till Continuum: Physical and Intellectual Lynchings is an
edited book, consisting of contributions by an array of established, respected
people, all committed to exposing the crime of plagiarism in hopes of calling
it to a halt. This book, surrounding the
Till story, has evolved into a trilogy.
Part I of the trilogy, Emmett
Till: Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil
Rights Movement (1994), is a reprint of the 1988 Ford Doctoral
Dissertation, “Emmett Till: The Impetus for the Modern Civil Rights Movement.”
Untainted, it serves as the definitive work resurrecting and establishing the
lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till as the true catalyst of the
Civil Rights Movement. It was written
during a time when there was no competition for taking this unpopular,
challenging stance about the role of this tragic incident in igniting the
Movement. In fact, many then shunned
this interpretation; however, since that time, many have latched on to the idea
and are now claiming, as one is described as doing, to be “setting the record
straight,” about the true catalyst of the Movement. The
documentation and findings are presented in the second part of the Till
trilogy, The Definitive Emmett Till: Passion & Battle of a Woman for Truth
& Intellectual Justice (2006), wherein lies the whole truth.
Plagiarism--An Physical and
Intellectual Lynchings: An Emmett Till Continuum, the third part of the Till trilogy, is a three part
edited book: Part I--A Decade of Early
Till Publications (1988-1998); Part II--Exposing Plagiarism: A Time to End; and Part III--Common
Grounds: Intellectual and Creative
Lynchings. The contributors in the
volume, endorsers included, all collectively objectify the attack on
plagiarism, as messages for the most part here, unlike those in the other two
Till books, come from other than the victim.
Clenora Hudson-Weems, PhD, Professor (UMC), received the PhD degree in American/African-American World Studies, University of Iowa; MA degree in English, Atlanta University; BA degree, LeMoyne College; Certificate of French Studies, L’Université de Dijon, France. She is the author of The Definitive Emmett Till: Passion & Battle of a Woman for Truth & Intellectual Justice (2006); Africana Womanist Literary Theory (2004); Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement (1994; 2006); and Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves (1993). Editor of Contemporary Africana Theory, Thought and Action: A Guide to Africana Studies (2007), she is co-author, with Wilfred D. Samuels, of Toni Morrison (1990). In 1995, she was interviewed on two of her books, Emmett Till and Africana Womanism, by The American Audio Prose Library. A recipient of several national awards, she is also author of numerous book chapters/articles. In the Fall, 2001, she was guest editor for a special issue “Africana Womanism” for The Western Journal of Black Studies. Her current work is a Till movie script, with Barry Morrow, Oscar Award-Winning co-writer for Rain Man. Her novel, Soul Mates, is forthcoming and her latest passion is the Plight of Black Farmers and Land Owners: An Emmett Till Continuum in the Aftermath of the Katrina Disaster.,
"There has not been any established research of late, besides Clenora’s Till work, that has led directly to public policy. Her research has clearly made possible the creation of the Till Bill, which Sen. Jim Talent (MO) & Sen. Charles Schumer (NY), proposed in a 2004 resolution for the U. S. Dept. of Justice, in conjunction with the State of MS, to prosecute those responsible for the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. . . It passed in 2007, [with] Sen. Christopher Dodd (CT)."
Atty. Alvin Chambliss, “Last
Original Civil Rights Atty. in
America” (from Plagiarism)
"Clenora’s 20-year research on the Till Murder Case has unquestionably led to the passing of the 2007 Till Bill. . .[mandating] that the FBI intervene in all violations of Civil Rights statues prior to 1970. Thus, Clenora’s research has brought about the emergence of a major public policy, indeed, a unique accomplishment for an academician."
Fredrick Woodard, PhD, Prof,
U. of Iowa (from Plagiarism)
Table of Contents
Dedication— Sonia Sanchez—Prof Emeritus, Temple U
"For Clenora Hudson-Weems, who resurrected Emmett Louis “ Bobo” Till from history & helped us understand the true impetus of the Modern Civil Rights Movement."
Foreword--Tony Martin, PhD—Garveyite Authority, Prof Emeritus, Wellesley College
"...One can only hope that by bringing further awareness to this problem, Dr. Hudson-Weems will help save some future potential victim from having to undergo a similar agony."
Preface-Robert Weems, PhD, Prof, UMC
"Because of the Barry Gordy prototype character's access to major media outlets, the “Dreams”
version of “One Night Only” becomes a nationwide
hit. . . . One can make a direct
comparison to the plight of Clenora [whose] 1994 book, Emmett Till, a reprint of her 1988 Dissertation, “Emmett Till: The Impetus of the Modern Civil Rights
Movement,” [which] was published by a small Black press and received limited
distribution and exposure.
