Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press
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Author
Contributions
- Keith A. Beauchamp (Foreword) - Contributor
Publication
2008-01-04 - Univ Pr of Mississippi
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveemmetttillmissis00houc
- ISBN-101934110159
- ISBN-139781934110157
- Library of Congress Control Number2007014910
- OCLC Control Number123390930
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781934110157
- Open LibraryOL12340679M
Classifications
- LCCE185.93.M6 H59 2008
- LCCE185.93.M6H59 2008
Description
"Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press reveal how Mississippi journalists both expressed and shaped public opinion in the aftermath of the 1955 Emmett Till murder. Combing small-circulation weeklies as well as large-circulation dailies, Davis W. Houck and Matthew A. Grindy analyze the rhetoric at work as the state attempted to grapple with a brutal, small-town slaying. Initially coverage tended to be sympathetic to Till, but when the case became a clarion call for civil rights and racial justice in Mississippi, journalists reacted." "Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press provides a careful examination of the courtroom testimony given in Sumner, Mississippi, and the trial's conclusion as reported by the state's newspapers. The book closes with an analysis of how Mississippi has attempted to come to terms with its racially troubled past by, in part, memorializing Emmett Till in and around the Delta."--book jacket.
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