———. “Senate Votes Rights Bill and Sends It to President.” New York Times, August 30, 1957, 1, 20.
“White Calls Boy’s Death ‘Murder; Not Lynching.’” Jackson Daily News September 2, 1955, 14.
“White Jurors Acquit Sheriff of Bludgeoning.” Morgantown (Miss.) Post, August 8, 1958, 3.
“White Man Was Hanged 65 Years Ago in Grenada for Murdering Negro.” Columbian-Progress (Columbia, Miss.), September 29, 1955, 2.
“White Orders Full Probe of Delta’s Kidnap-Murder.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, September 2, 1955, 1, 8.
“White Storekeeper Held in Abduction of Negro Youth.” Jackson Daily News, August 29, 1955, 1.
“Whitt Gets 10 Years for ‘Manslaughter.’” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, April 4, 1955, 7.
“Why Didn’t They Get the Same Publicity?” Greenwood (Miss.) Morning Star, September 7, 1955, 4.
“Widow Drowns as Trial of Mate’s Slayer Opens.” Chicago Defender, March 17, 1956, 1.
“A Wife in Hiding Writes Back to Hubby—‘Come On Up Here.’” Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), September 17, 1955, 5.
Williams, Kam. “Discourse with the Director of Award-Winning Emmett Till Documentary.” Washington Informer, October 13, 2005, 15.
“Willie Reed, Till Witness, Starting Life Anew, Chicago.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 29, 1955, 2.
“Willie Reed Gets $1,000 Elk Grant.” Chicago Defender, November 12, 1955, 4.
Wilson, L. Alex. “Collins Denies Any Link to Till.” Chicago Defender, October 8, 1955, 1, and Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), October 8, 1955, 1, 2.
———. “Gus Courts, Miss. NAACP Head Tells How He Was Shot Down.” Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), December 3, 1955, 1, 2.
———. “Here Is What ‘Too Tight’ Said.” Chicago Defender, October 8, 1955, 1, 35.
———. “Picking of Jury Delays Opening.” Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), September 24, 1955, 1, 2.
———. “Reveals Two Key Witnesses Jailed.” Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), October 1, 1955, 1, 2.
———. “‘Too Tight’ Collins Missing.” Chicago Defender, November 12, 1955, 1, 2.
———. “Wilson Tells How He Found, Got Collins to Chicago.” Chicago Defender, October 8, 1955, 1, 2, and Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tenn.), October 8, 1955, 1, 2.
Wilson, L. Alex, and Moses Newson. “Story of the Search for New Witnesses.” Chicago Defender, September 24, 1955, 1, 2.
“Windol Whitt’s Trial Opens Today in Attala.” Jackson Clarion-Ledger, March 15, 1950, 1.
Winfrey, Lee. “‘Eyes on Prize’ Recommended Viewing on Civil Rights History.” Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram, January 21, 1987, B6.
“Witness to Get Free Glasses.” Chicago Defender, October 8, 1955, 34.
Wold, Felix. “Mose Tells of Sleeping in Cemetery but ‘Middle Man’ Attended Interview.” Jackson Daily News, October 8, 1955, 1.
“Wolf Whistle Kidnap Pair Indicted on Murder Count.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, September 6, 1955, 7.
“Wolf Whistle Trial Date Set Sept. 19.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, September 9, 1955, 34.
“Woman Wins Damage Suit.” Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, Miss.), June 11, 1971, 14.
Woods, Howard B. “Witness in Till Case Vanishes.” St. Louis Argus, October 28, 1955, 1, 10.
“World Eyes Mississippi Grand Jury.” Chicago Defender, November 12, 1955, 2.
“Writer Challenges Brownell to Act in Till Kidnap-Murder Case.” Baltimore Afro-American, January 21, 1956, 2.
“Yarn About Till Being in City Is Denied by Negro.” Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Miss.), September 30, 1955, 1.
Films and Television Programs
Beauchamp, Keith A., prod. The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till. Till Freedom Come Productions, 2005.
Button, Nancy, prod. The Fifties. Vol. 6, The Rage Within. History Channel, 1997.
Efros, Mel, prod. Blood Done Sign My Name. Paladin, 2010.
Martin, Amani, and Ed Schillinger, prods. Benji: The True Story of a Life Cut Short. ESPN Films, 2012.
Nelson, Stanley, prod. The Murder of Emmett Till. Firelight Media, 2002.
Radutzky, Michael, prod. “The Murder of Emmett Till.” 60 Minutes. CBS, October 24, 2004.
Samuels, Rich, writer. The Murder and the Movement. WMAQ-Channel 5, Chicago, 1985.
Vecchione, Judith, and Henry Hampton, prods. Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1964. PBS, 1987.
Papers, Theses, Dissertations, and Other Unpublished Sources
Argo Temple Church of God in Christ 80-Year Celebration. October 8, 2006.
Baggett, Ashley. “The Rise of the Surgical Age in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Study of the Mississippi State Sanatorium.” Master’s thesis, Louisiana State University, 2003.
Beauchamp, Keith A. “What Really Happened to Emmett Till: A Corrective to the 1956 Look Confession.” Privately circulated paper. Copy in author’s possession.
Campbell, Yolanda Denise. “Outsiders Within: A Framing Analysis of Eight Black and White U.S. Newspapers’ Coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1964.” PhD diss., University of Southern Mississippi, 2011.
Davis, Rebecca Miller. “Reporting Race and Resistance in Dixie: The White Mississippi Press and Civil Rights, 1944–1964.” PhD diss., University of South Carolina, 2011.
Ealy, Charles. “The Emmett Till Case: A Comparative Analysis of Newspaper Coverage.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996.
Emmett Till Foundation. Statement of Mission and Purpose, n.d.
Emmett Till Historical Museum. Flyer. Burr Oak Cemetery, 2004.
Entin, Jonathan L. “Emmett Till and the Federal Enforcement of Civil Rights.” Paper presented at Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Ala., September 16, 2005.
Flourney, Craig. “Reporting the Movement in Black and White: The Emmett Till Lynching and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” PhD diss., Louisiana State University, 2003.
Hudson, Clenora Frances. “Emmett Till: The Impetus for the Modern Civil Rights Movement.” PhD diss., University of Iowa, 1988.
“Leflore County Communities and Their History.” Typescript, Greenwood-Leflore, Mississippi, Library.
Mace, Darryl C. “Regional Identities and Racial Messages: The Print Media’s Stories of Emmett Till.” PhD diss., Temple University, 2006.
Till-Mobley, Mamie. Biographical summary. Emmett Till Foundation, November 1994.
Whitaker, Hugh Stephen. “A Case Study in Southern Justice: The Emmett Till Case.” Master’s thesis, Florida State University, 1963.
Whitten, Ellen. “Justice Unearthed: Revisiting the Murder of Emmett Till.” Honor’s thesis, Rhodes College, 2005.
Archival Collections
Chatham, Gerald. Papers. Charles W. Capps Jr. Archives and Museum, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi.
Coleman, James P. Papers. Accn. no. 21877, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library Division, Special Collections Section, Manuscript Collection, Jackson.
Evers, Medgar Wiley, and Myrlie Beasley Evers. Papers. Accn. no. Z2231.0005, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library Division, Special Collections Section, Manuscript Collection, Jackson.
Hampton, Henry. Collection. Washington University, St. Louis.
Huie, William Bradford. Papers. Cms 84. Ohio State University Library, Columbus.
Papers of the NAACP, Part 18: Special Subjects, 1940–1955, Series C: General Office Files (microfilm). Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1995.
Stennis, John C. Collection. Congressional and Political Research Center, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Bryant, Eula Lee Morgan v. Henry E. Bryant. Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, Case No. 2875.
Carolyn Holloway Bryant v. Roy Bryant. Chancery Court of Sunflower County, Mississippi, Com
plaint no. 16505.
Chandler, Griffin, and Madge Carolyn Holloway Bryant. Marriage certificate, November 21, 1984. State file no. 123-84-25327, Mississippi State Department of Health Vital Records.
Congressional Record. See online resources.
Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Ill.). Nature Bulletin No. 500-A, September 29, 1973.
Gaines, Tom. Death certificate, dated August 29, 1944, Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago.
Gaston, Clint, and Treola Collins. Marriage certificate, King County, Washington, filed August 10, 1960, no. 245340.
Holmes County (Mississippi) Circuit Clerk. Marriage Records, 1889–1951, black marriages, vols. 11–12: 157. Microfilm no. 879492, Family History Library.
Mallory, Lemorse and Mamie E. Till. Marriage certificate, dated August 19, 1946, no. 1925866, filed August 20, 1946, Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago.
Reed, Add. Death certificate. Cook County, Illinois Death Records, state file no. 606929, filed March 27, 1977.
Tallahatchie County (Mississippi) Circuit Clerk. Marriage Records of the First District, 1856–1918, white marriages, vol. 8, 1908–1916. Microfilm no. 894882, Family History Library.
US Federal Census. 1900, 1920, 1930. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
US Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration), M1509.
The United States v. Private Fred A. McMurray and Private Louis Till (36 392 273), both of 177th Port Company, 379th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps. Peninsular Base Section, Trial by G.C.M., convened at Leghorn, Italy, February 17, 1945.
United States v. Roy Bryant Sr., CRG-83-55. National Archive and Records Administration, Southeast Region, Ellenwood, Georgia.
United States v. Roy Bryant Sr., CRG-87-82. National Archive and Records Administration, Southeast Region, Ellenwood, Georgia.
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Artz, E. Interview of Moses J. Newson. “A Journalist’s Perspective of the Civil Rights Movement.” http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/saac/id/20059/rec/1.
“Barrett Extends Moral-Support to Carolyn Bryant.” https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.legal/CdjqsQBAX6c.
Beito, David T. “60 Minutes Story on Emmett Till Targets Carolyn Bryant.” History News Network. http://hnn.us/blog/8070.
Beito, David T., and Linda Royster Beito. “Why the ‘60 Minutes’ Story on Emmett Till Was a Disappointment.” History News Network. http://hnn.us/article/8193.
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Bryant, Frances. Obituary. http://rayfuneralhome.net/tribute/details/443/Frances_Bryant/obituary.html.
Bryant, Linda Jean. Facebook wall, www.facebook.com.
Bryant, Thomas Lamar. Facebook wall, www.facebook.com.
Bryant, Carol Ann. Facebook wall, www.facebook.com.
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Cornish, Audie. “County Apologizes to Emmett Till Family.” NPR, October 2, 2007. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14904083.
Damms, Richard V. “World War I: Loyalty and Dissent in Mississippi during the Great War, 1917–1918.” http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/237/World-War-I-the-great-war-1917-1918-loyalty-and-dissent-in-mississippi.
“Director Robert Mueller Announces Appointment of Deputy Chief Information Officer.” FBI National Press Release, April 21, 2005. www.fbi.gov.
Donham, Carolyn. Facebook wall, www.facebook.com.
Edwards, Lynda. “Residents of Mississippi Town Say Till Killing Not Often Discussed.” Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster), May 17, 2004. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/residents-of-mississippi-town-say-till-killing-not-often-discussed/article_1720b867-8062-56eb-b8e2-2ae147616aba.html.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Library. www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents.html.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Prosecutive Report of Investigation Concerning . . . Emmett Till, Deceased, Victim, February 9, 2006. www.fbi.gov.
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Gibbs v. State. 223 Miss. 1 (1955), 77 So. 2d 705. http://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1955/39247-0.html.
Grayson, Dylan. “Sykes: It’s Not Too Late for Truth.” Guilfordian, February 16, 2007. www.guilfordian.com/archives/2007/02/16/sykes-its-not-too-late-for-truth.
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Hunting with Tom. www.huntingwithtom.com.
“Mamie Till Mobley, Heroic Mother, Mourned.” People’s World, January 24, 2003. www.peoplesworld.org/mamie-till-mobley-heroic-mother-mourned.
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Nolan, Beth, “Possible Bases of Jurisdiction for the Department of Justice to Investigate Matters Relating to the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.” www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/1998/04/31/op-olc-v022-p0061.pdf.
“Nominees for the 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 32 Categories Announced by Natas.” http://emmyonline.com/news_28th_nominations.
Nunnelley, William. “Metress Hopes Book on Emmett Till Will Clear Up Some
Misconceptions.” January 24, 2003. www.samford.edu/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=21474841550#.U-RjEPldXup.
109 S. Cong. Res. 3, Introduced in the Senate, 109th Congress, January 24, 2005. www.opencongress.org/bill/sconres3-109/text.
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Plys, Cate. “The City Council Hears Alarms.” March 18, 2004. www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-city-council-hears-alarms/Content?oid=914872.
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“Reid Statement on Passage of Emmett Till Bill.” http://democrats.senate.gov/2008/09/24/reid-statement-on-passage-of-emmett-till-bill/#.VLw2AEfF-J0.
Robinson, Plater, prod. The Murder of Emmett Till. Soundprint. http://soundprint.org/radio/display_show/ID/398/name/The+Murder+of+Emmett+Till.
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“Senate Kills Bill for $10B in New Spending.” USA Today, July 26, 2008. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-07-28-senatebill_N.htm.
“Senators Schumer & Talent & Representative Rangel Hold a News Conference on the Investigation into the Murder of Emmett Till.” Political Transcript Wire, November 19, 2004. www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-743021641.html.
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