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'Children Shouldn't Have to Live in Fear'

While gathering research for my book, "Who Killed Emmett Till?" I learned of numerous violent incidences in the Mississippi Delta,and I wondered what it would be like to raise children with such horror going on all around.…

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Added by Susan Klopfer on February 28, 2010 at 9:28pm — No Comments

Interview with BBC's Stuart Tanner Set For Thursday

This Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.CST I’ll be talking with BBC Filmmaker Stuart Tanner about the ghosts of the Mississippi Delta. You’re invited to listen in to this show at 100.1 FM in Fairfield IA. Or listen online at http://www.kruufm.com/tanner-moore. Would love some feedback and comments.…

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Added by Susan Klopfer on February 16, 2010 at 7:17am — No Comments

Before my eyes did appear ...

I finally picked up Eliza Earsman's Days of Elijah (Revised): A True Story and began reading, not knowing at all what to expect. The author is a storyteller, and a good one at that.

I was quickly drawn into the pages and could follow along because I have studied some of her themes in the past. Her work is fascinating and dark, at times.

It is a good read and a quick read. Eliza Earsman helps the reader along by providing a glossary and, if anything, leaves readers wanting… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on January 2, 2010 at 10:05am — No Comments

Visible Links -- looks like a cool way to advertise your book

I've been playing around with http://visibletweets.com today. You can link it up to your tweets and make a nice display for a bookstore or somewhere. Would love to hear from anyone who has used this effectively.

Anyway, go to www.visibletweets.com and type in #sklopfer/civil-rights and I made a display about my book, Who Killed Emmett Till? Not completely sure I've done this right, but it worked.… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on November 6, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Who has time for negativity? Count me out!

I attended an entrepreneur's meeting today for "entrepreneur supporters" (consultants, etc.) and got so discouraged (disgusted), I took my freebie flash drive, coffee cup and pen and left early.

Why do some people find it necessary to put limits on others?

The speaker kept talking about "youth" and how much better young people are at using the Internet and being entrepreneurial. I say "bull-puckey"! It's so silly to categorize people and it is dehumanizing. I was not in… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on November 4, 2009 at 4:12pm — 2 Comments

It always happens.. just about when I'm ready to put a writing project to bed

A Mississippi Delta Juke -- plenty of secrets behind these walls.

...someone calls me on the telephone and tells me a good story. So now that Who Killed Emmett Till? is about to make its way into an ebook, I got a fascinating telephone call from the Mississippi Delta ...

Here's the story:

Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Rosa of tiny Itta Bena, Mississippi lost a research paper he wrote as an… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on November 3, 2009 at 1:49am — No Comments

Just got some great publicity; feature posted to Google News & AP

Just got some great publicity on my civil rights books. Feature story on my work has been posted to Google News and AP.

Susan Klopfer believes the long, sad chapter of American history surrounding the civil rights struggles of African Americans should never be forgotten. Using her journalistic talents, she’s authored two books focused on unsolved atrocities in the Mississippi Delta region that have brought new light to several… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on October 11, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Found a social justice group working in the same direction I'm moving!

(Photo: Legendary Organizer Fannie Lou Hamer by Charmain Reading)

Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi Delta civil rights leader, was frequently the target of social injustice. The town where she was once beaten, Winona, is currently the target of a murder investigation by the Friends of Justice.

Friends of Justice, an advocacy organization, launches narrative-based campaigns around unfolding cases where due process has broken… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on October 8, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Just when I thought I was done with my blog book .. Who Killed Emmett Till?

The Bryant grocery store in Money, Miss.

More news on the death of Emmett Till's father, Pvt. Louis Till, and comments continue to flow in. Just posted a page of comments by a woman who lived in Chicago at the time of the funeral.

Chicago Woman Remembers Murder of Emmett Till; Talks About Pvt. Louis Till, Emmett's Father

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Emmett Till’s murder is something one never forgets. I was born and raise… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on October 2, 2009 at 11:06am — No Comments

Just finished the last post of my blog book, Who Killed Emmett Till?; ready to morph it into an e-book

Site where a service station was stood in Glendora, Mississippi. Clinton Melton, a black service station attendant and family man who was not part of the civil rights movement, was killed while working there, a month after the Milam/Bryant trial in nearby Sumner. Melton was shot to death by a friend of Milam's who was drunk and angry at the time. Melton's wife, Beulah, died when she reportedly drove her car off the road into a bayou. She had been… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 28, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Catch a powerful video on Youtube and attach it and run! (Glenn Beck spoof)

Okay, I know some people will be offended. Sorry. But this should get me some traffic. :>)

http://youngrepublicansfordemhealthcare.blogspot.com/

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 26, 2009 at 3:37am — No Comments

Using Spanish to Boost Google Placement

I really like putting up blogs with blogger and have been experimenting with adding spanish subtitles. I've noticed it gets me up higher in google search. Here's an example, my Civil Rights Books blog -- MOVIMIENTO DE DERECHOS CIVILES LIBROS...

Civil Rights Books

When I searched google for civil rights books, this blog came up in seventh position. And when I google MOVIMIENTO DE DERECHOS CIVILES LIBROS it…

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 25, 2009 at 11:33am — No Comments

Favorite iPhone Apps For The Citizen Journalist

iPhone shot from rural Ecuador .. from a story on South American elections. (Photo by Susan Klopfer)

If your marketing plan includes playing the role of citizen journalist, here are some iPhone apps I've recently discovered that speed up finding stories, checking facts and getting stuff uploaded. (This list plus additional commentary will be appearing in an upcoming iPhone publication.) Try a few and let me know what you think. I would… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 24, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Blogging works! Just interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor

Just had a lengthy interview with SCM and article should come out Wednesday. Because I've been blogging my book, Who Killed Emmett Till, the reporter called on a story she's writing about civil rights education in Mississippi. The interview lasted about an hour and I was able to give her lots of history and background. Fingers are crossed!

Meanwhile, post 16 is up.

Mississippi Delta civil rights leader,… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 21, 2009 at 10:33am — 1 Comment

Post 15 is Up: Who Killed Emmett Till?, FREE Blog Book

A small lake outside of Greenville, Mississippi. Photo by Susan Klopfer.

THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, Emmett Till’s mother, carried a frightening story close to her heart – a story she often replayed in her mind. She didn’t have to own the story, since her family had left Mississippi and its inherent meanness when she was just a baby – like many black Mississippians, they moved to Argo, on the outskirts of Chicago, to escape the misery of… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 14, 2009 at 11:15pm — No Comments

Just added 14th post to Who Killed Emmett Till? free blog book

Land of King Cotton ...

Late August in the Mississippi Delta is cruel. I know this is true because I lived there two summers — on the grounds of Parchman Penitentiary, just a few short miles from the site when Emmett Till was murdered.

Mid-nineties is common and typically it is so hot and humid that if you’ve been sitting a while and stand up, your backside sticks to your clothes, even if they're made of cotton.… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 9, 2009 at 6:44pm — No Comments

'There's Going To Be Hell to Pay in Mississippi.' Dr. T.R.M. Howard, black leader from Mound Bayou

Mississippi Delta Blues musicians mural painted on the outside of a Clarksdale, Tahoma County building.

It was Wednesday, August 31, 1955 and Dr. T.R.M. Howard, a wealthy black leader in Mississippi – a man of great influence – was leaving Chicago where he had been doing organizing work for the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, a society he founded to promote a program of civil rights, self-help, and business… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 7, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

'A child Shouldn't Have To Be Scared'

Belzoni, Miss. courthouse where Rev. George Lee, a popular voting rights advocate, was killed May 7, 1954, less than four months before Emmett Till was murdered in nearby Sunflower County. Photograph by Susan Klopfer.

Post 12 of a free blog book, Who Killed Emmett Till

JUST SEVERAL MONTHS after the violent May 7, 1954 murder of Rev. George Lee, a popular Delta minister and voting rights advocate, a Boy Scout… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 2, 2009 at 2:18am — No Comments

Citizen journalist: Starting to see some media coverage of Mississippi, Tallahatchie County Mob Chase

Nice to see this story picked up by an online journalist http://is.gd/2MeqZ

She has written about the killing of Emmett Till 54 years ago in the Mississippi Delta and about the mess that is going on today.

I'm also hearing that the old bloke prosecutor who allegedly was involved in this incident last week is shaking in his boots now that the FBI and DOJ have landed. Apparently, Rep. Bennie Thompson made a swing through… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 1, 2009 at 8:58pm — No Comments

Platform: Citizen Journalists Prep For Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Live Town Hall

Family members celebrate the recent naming of a highway section for Birdia Keglar, a Tallahatchie civil rights activist who died in 1965 after her car was run off the road on her way home from a civil rights event in Jackson, Miss. Keglar had been targeted by Klansmen in the region for her frequent voting rights activities. The FBI has recently been investigating this cold case. Tallahatchie County has been known for Klan activities and… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on September 1, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments