Research Guides: Emmett Till Archives: Media Coverage: Magazines

Introduction

These materials are excerpts from national magazines found in the Devery Anderson Papers and the Joseph Tobias Papers.

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Magazine Articles

Jet Magazine Sep 15, 1955
"Nation Horrified By Murder of Kidnaped Chicago Youth"
Devery Anderson Papers
***Contains graphic images***
Jet Magazine Sep 22, 1955
"Will Mississippi 'Whitewash' the Emmett Till Slaying?"
Devery Anderson Papers
Look Magazine January 24, 1956
"The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi" by William Bradford Huie
Joseph Tobias Papers
Confidential May 1956
"Why the Army Hanged Emmett Till's Father" by William Bradford Huie
Joseph Tobias Papers
Ebony October 1956
"The Till Case People One Year Later. Tragedy alters lives of whites, witnesses"
Joseph Tobias Papers
Look Magazine January 27 1957
"What's Happened to the Emmett Till Killers?" by William Bradford Huie
Joseph Tobias Papers

Secondary Sources

"Emmett Till never feared his killers? No, he died in agony" by Dave Tell
This 2018 article from the Clarion Ledger discusses how the myth of a stoic Till began with the need for signed media releases prior to publication of Huie's 1956 Look Magazine article.
"How Photos Became Icon of Civil Rights Movement" by Shaila Dewan
Clipping from Joseph Tobias Papers dated Aug 28, 2005 discussing the effects of publishing photos of Emmett's body in Jet Magazine over 50 years ago.
Till Archives Zotero Library
Internet secondary sources collected by FSU Libraries.