Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press

by Matthew A. Grindy, Davis W. Houck, A. Matthew Grindy, et al.

Book Overview

Employing never-before-used historical materials, the authors of 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604738502
• ISBN13: 9781604738506
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"