Keith Beauchamp Papers
Scope and Contents
Audiovisual recordings, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other documentation of the work of Keith Beauchamp, especially regarding Emmett Till and the 2005 motion picture The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.
Some material from the Beauchamp Papers is available through the FSU Digital Library
Dates
- Created: 1950, 1955, 2001-2006, 2015, 2018
- Majority of material found within 2001 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access
Except where otherwise noted, this collection is open to all researchers.
Access to video content in Box 1-3 is restricted by donor agreement. Please contact Special Collections & Archives staff for more information on access to these materials. https://www.lib.fsu.edu/specialcollections/
Conditions Governing Use
Copyrights in works by Keith Beauchamp in this collection are held by Florida State University. For permission to re-use content beyond Fair Use, contact Special Collections & Archives staff at lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu.
Copyright restrictions may apply to other works in this collection. Re-use or copying beyond Fair Use may require permission from rights-holders. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information.
Biographical Note
Keith A. Beauchamp is an African American filmmaker and lecturer. He is known for his creative work and activism regarding African American civil rights, and especially for work related to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.
Beauchamp was born in 1972 near Augusta, Georgia, and grew up in Louisiana. He studied Criminal Justice at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1999, Beauchamp founded Till Freedom Come Productions and began traveling among New York City, Chicago, and locations in Mississippi, investigating the murder of Emmett Till. On May 10th, 2004, the United States Department of Justice re-opened the Emmett Till murder case, citing Beauchamp’s documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till as a factor in their decision and the starting point for their investigation.
In 2007, Beauchamp begin his collaboration with the FBI’s Civil Rights Cold Case Initiative, producing documentaries on unsolved civil rights murders. Other works by Till Freedom Come Productions include Wanted Justice: Johnnie Mae Chappell (2009); If I Die Tonight (2009); and the BET Her series Exceptional Black Women (2019). Beauchamp also served as executive producer and host of Investigation Discovery’s crime reality series The Injustice Files (2011-2014), and screenwriter and producer of the feature film Till (2022).
Sources
Jackson, Angelique. “Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler to Star in Movie About Emmett Till’s Mother Directed by Chinonye Chukwu.” Variety online. July 23, 2021. https://variety.com/2021/film/news/whoopi-goldberg-emmett-till-movie-danielle-deadwyler-1235026380/
Till Freedom Come Productions. “Production Portfolio,” accessed November 22, 2021. https://www.tillfreedomcome.com/
Authors: Rory Grennan and Haley McGuyre
Extent
4 Linear Feet
175 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Technical Access Requirements
Content on videocassette is not immediately available for use in Special Collections & Archives reading rooms. Please contact staff at (850) 644-3271 or lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information about viewing and using audiovisual recordings from archival collections.
Source of Acquisition
Keith A. Beauchamp (creator)
Method of Acquisition
Donation. Deed of Gift executed October 2015. Acquired on February 24, 2017. Additional materials donated in February 2018.
- Documentary films Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Florida State University Libraries. Manuscripts Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Motion pictures. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Videocassettes. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Keith Beauchamp Audiovisual Recordings
- Author
- Rory Grennan and Haley McGuyre
- Date
- 03/00/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
116 Honors Way
PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
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