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Author:

Houck, Davis W.

Title:

Emmett Till and the Mississippi press / Davis W. Houck and Matthew A. Grindy ; foreword by Keith A. Beauchamp.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xv, 213 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mississippi--Press coverage.--Press coverage.
Till, Emmett,--1941-1955--Press coverage.--Press coverage.
African Americans--Press coverage.--Mississippi--Press coverage.
Trials (Murder)--Sumner--Sumner--Press coverage.
African Americans--Press coverage.--Mississippi--Press coverage.
Journalism--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.
Public opinion--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Grindy, Matthew A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-206) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- "Sowing Seeds of Hatred" (August 28 September 1) -- "Comely Carolyn" (September 2 September 6) -- "Resentful of the Slant" (September 7 September 9) -- "The World Is Watching" (September 10 September 18) -- "Every Last Anglo-Saxon One of You" (September 19 September 23) -- "Forgotten as Quickly as Possible"? (September 24 September 30) -- "Like Father Like Son" (October 1955 January 1956) -- Retrospective Prospects.

ISBN:

1934110159 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781934110157 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007014910

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)