Research Guides: Emmett Till Archives: Archival Collections

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Keith Beauchamp Papers
Video 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.
Davis Houck Papers
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.
Joseph Tobias Papers
Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, a Chicago attorney who represented Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960.
Devery Anderson Papers
Newspaper articles, publications, interviews, and notes collected and created by author Devery Anderson during research for publications on Emmett Till, including his 2015 monograph Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement.
John Whitten Jr. Papers
Personal papers of John Whitten Jr., documenting the licensing and management of life story rights of principals in the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. Correspondents and signatories include Whitten, William Bradford Huie, Carolyn Bryant, Roy Bryant, and John W. Milam.
Till Archives Archive-It Collection
Websites of Till Archives partners preserved at the Internet Archive.
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Emmett Louis Till, December 1954
Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955) of Chicago, Illinois was kidnapped and murdered in August 1955 while visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi. Till’s murder and the subsequent acquittal and confession of murder accomplices J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant were widely reported by national media, and demonstrated the prevalence of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in Mississippi and the American South. Till's murder is regarded as a significant catalyst for the midcentury African-American Civil Rights Movement.