Emmett Till

by Devery S. Anderson

  “Says Reds Lie About Arrest in Sumner.” Jackson State Times, October 17, 1955, 2A.

  “Says Till Funds Given to Kin.” Chicago Defender, November 26, 1955, 36.

  Schlikerman, Becky. “Emmett Till Witness ‘Never Got Over’ Case.” Chicago Sun-Times, July 24, 2013, 13.

  Scott, Megan. “Film Cracks Open ’55 Racial Slaying.” Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette, February 28, 2006, 2D.

  “Seek Atonement for Latest Mississippi Murder.” Chicago Defender, December 24, 1955, 3.

  “Senate May Hear Till Lynch Story.” Chicago Defender, October 29, 1955, 1, 2.

  Serrano, Richard A. “After 49 years, Case Reopened in Racial Slaying of Emmett Till.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, May 11, 2004, 1.

  “70 Newsmen Cover Trial in Sumner.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 20, 1955, 1.

  Shearon, Helen. “Bryant and Milam Freed Under Bond.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 1, 1955, 1, 14.

  Sheehan, Charles. “FBI Closes Probe into Till’s Death.” Chicago Tribune, November 24, 2005, 31.

  ———. “Federal Report on 1955 Murder Going to D.A.” Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2005, A35.

  ———. “Till Relatives Argue Over Exhuming Body.” Chicago Tribune, May 6, 2005.

  Shelby, Joyce. “More Tied to Till Death—Filmmaker.” New York Daily News, August 30, 2005, 1, 2.

  “Sheriff Believes Body Not Till’s.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, September 4, 1955, 1, 4.

  “Sheriff Won’t Call Guard to Preserve Order.” Jackson State Times, September 21, 1955, 8A.

  Shoemaker, W. C. “Mrs. Bryant Won 2 Top Beauty Honors—Mother Loyally Stays at Trial.” Jackson Daily News, September 22, 1955, 11.

  ———. “Reporter for Commies Relates How He Shifted to ‘Left’—Says Trial ‘Fair.’” Jackson Daily News, September 21, 1955, 14.

  ———. “Sumner Citizens Turn Public Relations Experts While Spotlight Beams at Them.” Jackson Daily News, September 20, 1955, 6.

  “Sidelights of Till Trial.” Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), October 1, 1955, 5.

  Siegel, Ed. “Behind ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Henry Hampton Reflects on a Series 19 Years in the Making.” Boston Globe, January 21, 1987, 6.

  Singleton, Ronald. “Dey’ Done Took Him, Says Old Mose.” London Express, September 22, 1955, 2.

  “6000 Here Protest Mississippi Verdict.” Detroit News, September 26, 1955, 8.

  Skelton, B. J. “Testimony at Bryant-Milam Trial Has Left Many Questions Unanswered.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 23, 1955, 7.

  ——— “Visiting Newsmen Pack Typewriters, Head for Homes.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 24, 1955, 1.

  Skelton, B. J., and Sam Johnson. “Court Completes Jury for Bryant-Milam Trial.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 20, 1955, 1, 8.

  ———. “Prosecutor Says Case Depends on Circumstantial Evidence.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 19, 1955, 1, 8.

  “Slain-Boy’s Body Arrives Here.” Chicago Sun-Times, September 3, 1955, 4.

  “Slain Boy’s Mother Will Get Invitation to Trial of Deltans.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, September 8, 1955, 1.

  “Slain Boy’s Uncle Recalls Fatal Night.” Chicago American, September 19, 1955, 4.

  “Slain Youth’s Mother to Testify at Trial.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 8, 1955, 1.

  “Some Till Relatives Oppose Exhumation.” Chicago Tribune, May 6, 2005, 7.

  “Son No Braggart, Says Mrs. Bradley.” Chicago Defender, January 21, 1956, 1, 2.

  Sorrels, William. “Defendants Enter Pleas of Innocence in Slaying of Youth.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 7, 1955, 1, 3.

  ———. “Grand Jury Weighs Officers’ Reports in Death of Youth.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 6, 1955, 1, 8.

  ———. “Guards Called to Protect Men Held in Youth’s Death.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 5, 1955, 1, 8.

  ———. “New Trial Evidence Disclosed by State in a Dramatic Turn.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 21, 1955, 1, 8.

  ———. “‘Tall Man Came’ with Companion, Say His Cousins.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 1, 1955, 4.

  ———. “10 Jurymen Are Selected for Trial of 2 White Men in Slaying of Negro Youth.” Memphis Commercial Appeal September 20, 1955, 1, 15.

  ———. “Two Mississippians Acquitted in Slaying of Chicago Negro.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 24, 1955, 1, 2.

  ———. “Uncle of Slain Boy Points Out Milam, Says Body Was Till.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 22, 1955, 1, 10.

  “Special Prosecutor Named in Till Case.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 10, 1955, 1, 2.

  “Speedy Trial Planned in Kidnap-Slaying Case.” Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth, September 7, 1955, 1.

  Spell, Bill. “A Daily News Newspaperman Dared to Penetrate Chicago’s South Side.” Jackson Daily News, October 5, 1955, 1, 14.

  ———. “Daily News Readers Offer Help to Send Willie Reed’s Girl Friend to Chicago.” Jackson Daily News, September 29, 1955, 1.

  ———. “Effort to Tell Mandy of Her Husband Fails as Phone Connection Was Cut.” Jackson Daily News, October 8, 1955, 1.

  ———. “Mandy Bradley Refutes NAACP Claim Her Life Was in Danger, Then.” Jackson Daily News, October 6, 1955, 1, 7.

  ———. “Mose Wright Couldn’t Be Reached without a ‘Middle Man.’” Jackson Daily News, October 7, 1955, 1, 4.

  Spell, Bill, and W. C. Shoemaker. “Alonzo Refutes Charges Made by Congressman Diggs.” Jackson Daily News, October 6, 1955, 1.

  Spence, John. “Till’s Mother Pauses in Memphis on Way to Trial.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, September 20, 1955, 15.

  Staples, Brent. “The Murder of Emmett Louis Till, Revisited.” New York Times, November 11, 2002, A16.

  Stapleton, Jack. “Query Lingers: Is Till Dead?” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 30, 1955, 1.

  “State Calls Special Counsel to Assist with Prosecution.” Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register, September 10, 1955, 1.

  “State FBI Boss Moving to Washington.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, June 1, 2005, D8.

  “States Assured on Rights Issue.” New York Times, February 5, 1957, 15.

  Stevenson, H. L. “Fisherman Finds Body of Chicago Negro Boy in Tallahatchie River.” Greenwood (Miss.) Morning Star, September 1, 1955, 1.

  Stevenson, Tommy. “House Passes ‘Emmett Till Bill.’” Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News, June 21, 2007, 1A, 2A.

  Still, Larry. “Time Out for Crying.” Washington Afro-American, October 22, 1955, 1, 5.

  Stone, Andrea, and Jerry Mitchell. “Evers Case Inspires Kin of Others.” USA Today, December 24, 1990, 3A.

  Strafford, Mary. “‘When I Find Time I’ll Cry,’ Till’s Mother Tells Afro. Baltimore Afro-American, October 29, 1955, 1, 2.

  “Strategy of Defense Attorneys Violates Every Rule in Books.” Jackson State Times, September 19, 1955.

  “Stratton Acts in Dixie Killing.” Chicago American, September 2, 1955, 1, 2.

  “Stratton Asks Federal Probe in Till Slaying.” Chicago Daily Tribune, November 11, 1955, 2.

  Strausberg, Chinta. “Smith’s Witnesses Tell Why U.S. Should Probe Till Case.” Chicago Defender, February 10, 2004, 3.

  Street, William. “Emmett Till Case Suddenly Thrusts Little Sumner into Limelight.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 18, 1955, 10.

  “Strider Believes Till Is Still Alive.” Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth, September 29, 1955, 1.

  Stringfellow, Eric. “Memories Sketch Varied Portraits of Emmett Till.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News, August 25, 1985, 1H.

  “Sturdivants and Stepson Held for Trial.” Charleston Mississippi Sun, August 20, 1942, 1.

  “Sturdivants Now on Trial at Sumner.” Charleston Mississippi Sun, March 11, 1943, 1.

  “Sturdivant Trial Postponed Till March.” Charleston Mississippi Sun, Septembe
r 17, 1942, 5.

  “Sumner Jury Acquits Sturdivants in Alexander Slaying.” Charleston Mississippi Sun, March 19, 1943, 1.

  “Sunflower Candidates Chosen.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), May 11, 1977, 12.

  “Sunflower County Sheriff Is Dead.” Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth, September 19, 1955, 1.

  “Sunflower Success.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 19, 1974, 31.

  “Sunflower Voters Have Wide Choice.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), May 9, 1977, 12.

  “Suspect Credited with Saving Lives.” Jackson State Times, September 1, 1955, 11A.

  “Takes Five; Keith Beauchamp.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 24, 2006, A2.

  Taubman, Howard. “Theater: Blues for Mister Charlie.” New York Times, April 24, 1964, 24.

  “Television Raffle.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), February 14, 1971, 20.

  “Ten Accepted on Till Jury.” Jackson State Times, September 20, 1955, 8A.

  “10,000 at Bier of Slain Boy.” Chicago American, September 3, 1955, 1.

  “Text of Civil Rights Bill as Passed by Congress.” New York Times, August 31, 1957, 6.

  “Text of President Eisenhower’s Annual Message to Congress on State of the Union.” New York Times, January 11, 1957, 10.

  “3rd Lynching of Year Shocks Nation.” Baltimore Afro-American, September 10, 1995, 1, 2.

  Thompson, Albert. Obituary. Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), November 22, 1965, 2.

  Thompson, Myrtle. Obituary. Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), June 23, 1963, 2.

  “Thousands at Paris Till Protest Meet.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 28, 1955, 1.

  “Threats Are Voiced as Trial Date Nears.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 11, 1955, 13.

  “3 Harlem Street Rallies Hit Terror in Mississippi.” Daily Worker (New York), September 26, 1955, 2.

  “Three Hurt in Collision Here on Sunday.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), November 19, 1956, 1.

  “Thurmond Talks Hours on Rights.” New York Times, August 29, 1957, 1.

  “Till Case Film Rights Secured.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 19, 1956, 29.

  “Till Case Still Troubles Mississippi.” Chicago American, September 26, 1955, 4.

  “Till Exposé by Writer Shakes Dixie.” Chicago Defender, January 21, 1956, 1, 3.

  “Till Figure Injured in Auto Crash.” Chicago Defender, December 1, 1956, 1.

  “Till Kidnap Pair May Be Out on Bond Friday.” New York Post, September 28, 1955, 4.

  “Till Kidnap Suspects Free on $10,000 Bond.” Jackson State Times, September 30, 1955, 1A.

  “Till Prosecutor Will Have Help.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, September 10, 1955, 11.

  “Till Report Completed; Grand Jury May Be Next.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, November 24, 2005, B6.

  “Till’s Father Had Been Billed ‘War Hero’ during Fund-Raising Drives.” Jackson Daily News, October 15, 1955, 1.

  “Till Slaying Trial May Be Set Thursday.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 7, 1955, 1, 12.

  “Till’s Mother Hits ‘Bungling’ by Prosecutor.” Chicago American, October 4, 1955, 4.

  “Till’s Mother in Seclusion.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, October 5, 1955, 7.

  “Till’s Mother Is Being Urged Not to Testify.” Jackson Daily News, September 12, 1955, 1.

  “Till’s Mother Says Ike Ignored Pleas for Help.” Chicago Defender, November 3, 1956, 1.

  “Till’s Mother Stirs 9,500 in Washington.” Daily Worker (New York), October 20, 1955, 3.

  “Till’s Mother to Testify, She Says.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 16, 1955, 1.

  “Till’s Mother Unsure on Attending Trial.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, September 14, 1955, 1.

  “Till’s Mother ‘Wary of Foes,’ Keeping Her Route to Trial Secret.” Jackson Daily News, September 16, 1955, 1.

  “Till’s Uncle Says He Fled for Life after Trial.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 5, 1955, 28.

  “Till ‘Suspect’ on ‘Breadline.’” Pittsburgh Courier, February 22, 1958, 30.

  “Till Trial Acquittal Protested by Rallies.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 26, 1955, 1.

  “Till Trial Defendant Refused Gun Permit in Sunflower County.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), January 8, 1957, 1.

  “Till Witness Threats Probed.” Chicago Defender, October 8, 1955, 34.

  “Till Witness Under Guard.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, September 29, 1955, 4.

  “Till Youth’s Mom to Delay Appearing at Murder Trial.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 18, 1955, 1.

  “‘Too Busy’ to Reopen Till Kidnap Case, Judge Says.” Washington Afro-American, January 21, 1956, 11.

  Trescott, Jacqueline. “National African American Museum Acquires Emmett Till’s Casket.” Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2009, A14.

  “Trial of Revenge Murderers to Be in National Spotlight.” Kosciusko (Miss.) Star-Herald, March 9, 1950, 1.

  Trice, Dawn Turner. “The First and Last Chance for Emmett Till to Speak for Himself.” Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2005, 1.

  ———. “In Till Case, Leaders Don’t Need to Weigh In.” Chicago Tribune, May 9, 2005, 2C.

  ———. “Renewed Focus on Till Case May Rewrite History.” Chicago Tribune, May 12, 2004, 2C.

  ———. “Rushed Action Could Jeopardize Till Case Justice.” Chicago Tribune, December 28, 2004, 2C.

  “Troops Posted in Delta as Mob Violence Feared in Aftermath to Slaying.” Jackson Daily News, September 5, 1955, 1.

  Trussell, C. P. “Civil Rights Plan Passed by House.” New York Times, June 19, 1957, 1.

  “Try to Determine Spot Where Negro Was Slain.” Greenwood (Miss.) Morning Star, September 3, 1955, 1.

  “Tuskegee to Probe Slayings of Three Negroes in State.” Jackson Daily News, September 1, 1955, 12.

  “TV Highlights: New Night Court Characters.” Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1985, D11.

  “27-Year Veteran to Head Mississippi FBI Offices.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, June 30, 2004, D8.

  “Two Armed White Men Break into Negro Worker’s Home.” Greenwood (Miss.) Morning Star, September 1, 1955, 1.

  “Two Delta Senators Offer Negro Relocation Measure.” Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, February 25, 1966, 1.

  “200–300 Bodies Disinterred in Grave-Reselling Scheme.” Seattle Times, July 10, 2009, A2.

  “2 Negro ‘Whistling Killing’ Witnesses Still Missing and Are Feared Slain.” New York Post, September 29, 1955, 5, 26.

  “Two Officers in Louima Case Again Seek Re-Instatement.” New York Times, October 7, 2006, B6.

  “Two of Three Victims of Gravel Pit Accident Die of Their Injuries.” Charleston Mississippi Sun, October 13, 1927, 1.

  “2,000 in Frisco Hit Till Murder.” Daily Worker (New York), October 19, 1955, 3.

  “2500 at Rites Here for Boy, 14, Slain in South.” Chicago Daily Tribune, September 4, 1955, 2.

  “2500 Protest in Baltimore.” Daily Worker (New York), September 29, 1955, 1, 3.

  “Two White Men Charged with Kidnapping Negro.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), August 30, 1955, 1.

  “Uncle of Lynched Boy Tells of Death Night.” Cleveland Call and Post, October 22, 1955, 2A.

  “Undertaker’s Story Heard.” Jackson State Times, September 21, 1955, 1A, 12A.

  “Urge Tolerance at Boy’s Funeral.” Chicago Sun-Times, September 4, 1955, 1, 3.

  “U.S. Intervention in Till Case Urged in Many Cities.” Daily Worker (New York), September 30, 1955, 1, 3.

  “Use Milam Car in Miss. Slaying.” Chicago Defender, December 17, 1955, 1, 2.

  “Vatican Urges U.S. Catholics to Help Erase Stain of Till Murder.” Daily Worker (New York), October 18, 1955, 3.

  “The Verdict at Sumner.” Jackson Daily News, September 25, 1955, 8.

  “Wait to Testify Bef
ore Grand Jury.” Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth, November 7, 1955, 8.

  Walker, Jerry. “Emmett Till Murder Case Presented to Delegates of the United Nations.” Kansas City Call, June 6–12, 2003, 3.

  Walz, Jay. “Carolinian Sets Talking Record.” New York Times, August 30, 1957, 1.

  Ward, Roosevelt. “Negro Youth Ready to Testify Again at Trial of Emmett Till’s Kidnapers.” Daily Worker (New York), October 25, 1955, 3.

  Washington, Chester. “Howard Locates Two Men.” Pittsburgh Courier, October 15, 1955, 1, 4.

  Watkins, Mel. “Gwendolyn Brooks, 83, Passionate Poet, Dies.” New York Times, December 5, 2000, C22.

  Weissenstein, Michael. “Film Recounts Till’s Untold Story.” Chicago Tribune, August 28, 2005, 14.

  “‘Were Never into Meanness’ Says Accused Men’s Mother.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 2, 1955, 35.

  Wesley, John Milton. “The Legacy of Emmett Till.” Washington Post National Weekly Edition, September 4–10, 1995, 21.

  “What Huie Says.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 13, 1956, 19.

  “What Milam, Bryant Say of Huie Story.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, January 13, 1956, 19.

  “What the People Say: Blast Till Pacifists.” Chicago Defender, September 17, 1955, 9.

  “Whistle Killing May Go to Jury Today.” New York Post, September 23, 1955, 3, 10.

  White, William S. “Congress Chiefs Reach an Accord on Civil Rights.” New York Times, August 24, 1957, 1, 34.

  ———. “House Passes Rights Bill.” New York Times, August 28, 1957, 1, 55.

  ———. “Martin Rejects Civil Rights Bill Voted by Senate.” New York Times, August 13, 1957, 1, 25.

  ———. “President Backs Jury Compromise in the Rights Bill.” New York Times, August 22, 1957, 1, 17.

  ———. “Rights Struggle Opens in Senate.” New York Times, July 9, 1957, 1, 19.

  ———. “Senate, 51-42, Attaches Jury Trials to Rights Bill in Defeat for President.” New York Times, August 2, 1957, 1, 8.

  ———. “Senate, 45 to 39, Sends Rights Bill Straight to Floor.” New York Times, June 21, 1957, 1, 16.

  ———. “Senate Approves Rights Bill, 72-18, with Jury Clause.” New York Times, August 8, 1957, 1, 12.

  ———. “Senate Leaning to a Compromise Over Rights Bill.” New York Times, July 10, 1957, 1, 14.