Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Davis Houck Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01-MSS 2015-007
Scope and Contents
Newclippings, photographs, creative and scholarly works, and government records collected by Davis Houck during research on the role of the press in the American civil rights movement, with special emphasis on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till near Money, Mississippi.
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
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Davis Houck Papers
Joseph Tobias Papers
Collection — oversize: Items
Identifier: 01-MSS 2017-002
Scope and Contents
Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, regarding his representation of Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960. Documents include case files for Mamie Bradley v. Cowles Magazines, Inc., Vernon C. Meyers, Gardner Cowles, and William Bradford Huie; correspondence on Till-Mobley's behalf with the NAACP and motion picture studios; and subject files kept by Tobias on Till-Mobley during and after his employment by her.
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
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Joseph Tobias Papers
Keith Beauchamp Audiovisual Recordings
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 01-MSS 2015-016
Scope and Contents
MiniDV videocassettes containing footage of people and places significant to the murder of Emmett Till, recorded by Keith A. Beauchamp for use in the documentary motion picture The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.
Interview subjects include Mamie Till-Mobely, Simeon Wright, Wheeler Parker, Willie Reed, Al Sharpton, and others involved in the case or its history. Filmed locations include Money, Greenwood, and Sumner in Mississippi; and Chicago, Illinois.
Interview subjects include Mamie Till-Mobely, Simeon Wright, Wheeler Parker, Willie Reed, Al Sharpton, and others involved in the case or its history. Filmed locations include Money, Greenwood, and Sumner in Mississippi; and Chicago, Illinois.
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