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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houck, Davis W.

Contributor:

Grindy, Matthew A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.

Public opinion.

History.

Race relations.

Racism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Press coverage.

Mississippi--Race relations--Press coverage.

Mississippi.

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Death and burial--Press coverage.

Till, Emmett.

African Americans--Crimes against--Press coverage--Mississippi.

African Americans.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Trials (Murder)--Press coverage--Mississippi--Sumner.

Trials (Murder).

Mississippi--Sumner.

African Americans--Civil rights--Press coverage--Mississippi.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Journalism--Political aspects--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Journalism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Rhetoric.

Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.

Public opinion--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xv, 213 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2008]

Summary:

An analysis of the media's reaction to the lynching of a young black man

Contents:

1 "Sowing Seeds of Hatred" (August 28-September 1) 12

2 "Comely Carolyn" (September 2-September 6) 26

3 "Resentful of the Slant" (September 7-September 9) 44

4 "The World Is Watching" (September 10-September 18) 58

5 "Every Last Anglo-Saxon One of You" (September 19-September 23) 72

6 "Forgotten as Quickly as Possible"? (September 24-September 30) 107

7 "Like Father-Like Son" (October 1955-January 1956) 126

8 Retrospective Prospects 153.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781934110157

1934110159

OCLC:

123390930