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Sweet, Lynn. “Emmett Till Civil Rights Bill Passed by Senate. Named after Chicago Youth Murdered in Mississippi in 1955.” Comment section. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/emmett_till_civil_rights_bill.html.
Talmer, Jerry. “Documentary on the Grisly Lynching of Emmett Till.” Villager, August 3–9, 2005. http://thevillager.com/villager_118/documentaryonthegrisly.html.
Tallahatchie Civil Rights Driving Tour. www.etmctallahatchie.com/documents/drivingtour.pdf.
“Text of the Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.” Introduced in the US Senate on July 1, 2005. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s1369/text
Till-Mobley, Mamie. Interview, February 2001. Chicago Project. https://sites.google.com/site/mamietillinterview/.
Union Missionary Baptist Church. http://www.umbcbarstow.com.
“Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, H.R. 3506.” Introduced in the US House of Representatives on July 28, 2005. www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr3506/text.
Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, awards. IMDB. www.imdb.com/title/tt0475420/awards?ref_=tt_awd.
US Federal Census. 1940. Leflore County, Mississippi. Beat 2, Enumeration District 42, sheet 9B. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSH-GYR.
“Vandals Destroy Sign Marking Emmett Till Murder Site.” USA Today, October 27, 2007. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-27-emmett-till_N.htm.
Venson, Dr. R. Q., and Ethyl H. Venson. Cotton Maker’s Jubilee Collection, Memphis and Shelby County Room, Memphis Public Library and Information Center, Memphis, Tenn. http://memphislibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p13039coll1/id/39.
Whitten, Ellen. “Justice Unearthed: Revisiting the Murder of Emmett Till.” Honor’s thesis, Rhodes College, 2005. http://www.rhodes.edu/images/content/Academics/Ellen_Whitten.pdf.
Author Interviews
Andrews, Jeffrey. July 13, 2014.
Baker, Martha Wright. May 5, 2014.
Beauchamp, Keith. June 4, 2005; November 10, 2013; February 2, August 23, 2014.
Benson, Christopher. August 23, 2014.
Bradley, Randall. February 27, 2011.
Chatham, Gerald Sr. February 24, 2012.
Confidential Source A. April 7, 2014.
Confidential Source B. June 8, 2014.
Confidential Source C. August 19, December 3, 2014.
Confidential Source D. June 6, 2014.
Colon, Doris. January 5, 2007.
Crawford, Roosevelt. August 28, 2005; October 21, 2006.
Crowe, Chris. March 24, 2014.
Darren [last name withheld]. February 11, 2010.
Evers-Williams, Myrlie. April 23, 2014.
Garrity, Robert J., Jr. July 7, 2014.
Gaston, Marsha. February 17, 2014.
Glisson, Susan. July 29, 2014.
Greenlee, Jim. March 11, July 28, 2014.
Hailman, John. June 21, 2014.
Hays, John A. July 20, 2011.
Herbers, John. December 15, 2006.
Herrick, Gene. January 27, 2012.
Holmberg, David. July 1, 2014.
Houck, Davis. January 25, 2011; June 10, 2014.
Hubbell, Macklyn. March 1, 2014.
Killinger, Dale. April 29, 2014.
Minor, Wilson F. August 24, 2009.
Nelson, Stanley. October 15, 2013.
Parker, Wheeler, Jr. February 7, October 1, 2007; July 6, 2013.
Parker, William. April 30, 2014.
Pearson, Betty. February 6, 2006.
Ray, Mary Lou. August 6, 2013.
Reed, Willie. February 6, 2007.
Shoemaker, W. C. August 21, 2009; August 20, 2010.
Small, Mike. July 20, 2014.
Smith, Crosby, Jr. February 7, 2007.
Spell, Bill. August 20, 2010.
Sturdivant, Ygondine. August 7, 2013.
Sykes, Alvin. August 17, 2013; March 8, June 12, 17, July 12, 2014.
Till-Mobley, Mamie. December 3, 1996; April 15, 2002.
Wakefield, Dan. November 20, 2006.
Withers, Ernest C. February 8, 2006.
Wright, Simeon. August 31, 2005; February 7, October 2, 2007; February 4, 2013.
Correspondence
Beauchamp, Keith, to author, May 28, August 23, 2014.
Blue, Bonnie, to author, June 28, June 29, July 27, 2014.
Bond, Julian, to author, October 18, 2013.
Boyack, James Edmund, Jr., to author, February 8, 2011.
Confidential Source E to author, August 15, 2011.
Confidential source to Keith Beauchamp, March 11, 2003.
Dailey, Rita, to author, May 14, 2012; September 7, 2013.
DeLaughter, Bobby, to author, June 20, 2014.
Evans, Aja, to author, April 28, 2013.
Glisson, Susan, to author, July 30, 2014.
Hailman, John R., to author, July 2, 2014.
Hansell, Marilyn, to author, May 24, 2005.
Hanson, Tina, to author, November 20, 2008.
Hillegas, Jan, to author, July 7, 2014.
İşcan, Mehmet Yaşar, to Alvin Sykes, April 25, 2003.
Jones, Thomas M., to author, March 16, 2009.
Killinger, Dale R., to author, July 22, September 15, 2014.
Krotzer, Minter, to author, May 17, May 19, June 7, 2010.
Malone-France, Katherine, to author, March 1, 2006.
McGarrh, Lee, to author, June 18, 2008.
Mitchell, Jerry, to author, October 19, 2013.
Ritea, Steve, to author, April 29, 2014.
Small, Mike, to author, July 21, 2014.
Sykes, Alvin, to author, May 8, 2014.
Sykes, Alvin, to Mehmet Yaşar İşcan, n.d.
Till-Mobley, Mamie, to author, February 14, 2000.
Tyson, Timothy B., to author, March 31, July 26, 2014.
Wakefield, Dan, to author, June 20, 2009.
Whitaker, Hugh Stephen. June 22, 2005; May 14, 2012.
Wilkins, Woodrow, to author, November 6, 2013.
Oral Histories and Interviews Conducted by Others
Chatham, Gerald Sr. Oral History Interview (OH293). Conducted by Henry Outlaw, January 19, 2005, Charles W. Capps Jr. Archives and Museum, Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss.
“A Journalist’s Perspective of the Civil Rights Movement.” E. Artz, interview of Moses J. Newson. http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/saac/id/20059/rec/1.
Loggins, Henry Lee. Interview by Linda Royster Beito, July 21, 2001.
Newson, Moses. Interview by Marshland Boone. http://knightpoliticalreporting.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Moses_Newson_oral_essay.pdf.
Smith, Jak, and Bruce Smith. Oral History Interview (OH289). Conducted by Henry Outlaw, May 7, 2005. Charles W. Capps Jr. Archives and Museum, Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss.
INDEX
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Abner, Willoughby
Acosta, Alexander
Adams, Cornelius
Adams, Olive Arnold
on Till case
Adams, Virgil
on cross burning
on grand jury decision
on tensions at trial
on Till
Ainsworth, A. B.
Albritton, Gene
Alcazar Hotel
American Communist Party
Till case protests. See also Communism
American Lynching: A Strange and Bitter Fruit
Anderson, Albert
Anderson, Dillon
Andrews,
Jeff
Anfuso, Victor
antilynching legislation
Appleton, Clyde
Arans, Jimmy
Argo, Illinois
economy of
elementary school
race relations in
Argo Community High School
Argo Temple Church of God in Christ
Armstrong, Howard
Arrington, Jimmy
Ashcroft, John
Associated Press (AP)
Attala County
autopsy of Emmett Till
family opposition to
request for before burial
results
Baez, Joan
Bailey, Lester P.
Baker, Josephine
Baldwin, James
Baltimore Afro-American
Banks, Ricky
Barbour, Haley
and highway legislation
on new investigation
Barclay, Lester
Barding, C. W.
Barnett, Ross
Barr, David
Barrett, Richard: and Frank Bryant
murder of
Barry, Ellen
Bass, Charlotta
Baugh, Clarence
Beauchamp, Keith
activism of
background
and film
on grand jury decision
influence by Till
and the investigation
meeting with assistant attorney general
Oxford meeting
on racial incident
relationship with Mamie Bradley
and 60 Minutes segment
work with Sykes and Burger
Beckwith, Byron De La
conviction of
Beito, David
Beito, Linda
Belefonte, Harry
Belzoni, Mississippi
Ben Roy filling station
Bender, Rita Schwerner
Benson, Christopher
Berg’s Drug Store
Bernstein, Daniel
BET Weekend
Billingsley, Walter
Bing, Gee
Bing, Joe
Black, John
Black, Tim
Black Monday
Blake, James
Bledsoe, Raymond
“Bloody Sunday”
Blue, Bonnie
interview with Milam
Blues for Mister Charlie
Bochte, Frank
Bolivar Commercial
Bond, Julian
Booker, Simeon: at funeral home
in Mound Bayou
at murder trial
at rallies
and rumors
and search for witnesses
and Till’s body
Boone, T. S.
Boyack, James: assessment of trial
at murder trial
Boyce, L. W.
trial testimony
Boyd, Herb
Boyd, Ralph
Boyle, Mississippi
Bradley, Alonzo: forced from plantation
interview
in Mississippi
move to Chicago
Bradley, Ed
Bradley, Mamie
activism of
birth
on Bryant store incident
on Chatham remarks
childhood
co-authors play
criticism of
criticism of state investigators
death
demand for open casket funeral
donations for
during childbirth
on Emmett’s abduction
and Emmett’s body in Chicago
on Emmett’s death
on Emmett’s killers
employment
examination of Emmett’s body
final moments with Emmett
at funeral
and Gene Mobley
on grave removal
halts Mississippi burial
health
hesitation to attend trial
hospitalization
with Howard
interview
leaves courthouse before verdict
leaves Mississippi
lectures Emmett about South
on Leflore County grand jury decision
letter to Wilkins
life after Emmett
and Louis Till
marriage to Lemorse Mallory
marriage to Pink Bradley
on Maurice Wright
memoir
in Memphis
money demands
move to Chicago
move to Detroit
at murder trial
and NAACP
on photo of white girl
on photos
postpones Emmett’s burial
and public speaking
on race relations
at rallies
reconciliation with father
relationship with Beauchamp
relationship with Emmett
relationship with mother
request for protection
on rumors
and secret travel plans
on seeking justice
on “Shocking Story”
60 Minutes segment
as speaker at dedications
speaking to press
speaking tour
sues Look magazine
in Sumner
threats against
and Till movie
on Today Show
and the trial
trial testimony
trip to Atlanta
on verdict
and victims’ families
in Washington, DC
writes Emmett
Bradley, Mary Amanday “Mandy”
agrees to testify
hardships
interview by Spell
life after Till trial
move to Chicago
trial testimony
Bradley, Pink
Brady, Mozella
Brady, Si
Brady, Tom P.
Branton, J. E.
Braun, Carol Moseley
Brehl, John
Breland, J. J.
background
Chester F. Nelson cross-examination
Chester Miller cross-examination
criticism of outsiders
Mamie Bradley cross-examination
death
on death penalty
dispute over Till’s body
George Smith cross-examination
Harry D. Malone examination
justification for crimes against Till
L. B. Otken examination
on legal arguments
meeting with Huie
pathologists’ interviews
praise of Milam and Bryant
prediction of jury deliberation time
query to jury
statement
on trial jury
Brennan, Ray
Brewer, William
Bridges, Hallie Gail
on evidence to grand jury
Greenwood meetings
Broadway, William Henry “June,” Jr.
Brookhaven, Mississippi
Brooks, Gwendolyn
Brooks, Mary
Brown, Basil: and rumors
at the trial
and the verdict
Brown, Earl
Brown, Oudie
and Milam arrest
Brown v. Board of Education
Brownell, Herbert
and blame for Till murder
at cabinet meeting
and Civil Rights Act of 1957
Till case investigation
Browning, William
Bryan, Adelia
Bryant, Carol Ann
Bryant, Carolyn Holloway
accusation of aiding kidnapping
alleged marriage to Wilson
arrest warrant against
&
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on Chatham remarks
evidence against
on Facebook
feelings about Till case
health
and Hemphill story
and incident with Till
life after Till murder
marriage to Roy Bryant
meeting with Huie
memoir
move to North Carolina
at murder trial
problems with story
rumors regarding
signs release
60 Minutes segment
talk with historian
talk with Killinger
trial testimony
on verdict
version of kidnapping
whereabouts after kidnapping
Bryant, Eula Morgan Milam
background
on Carolyn Bryant
death
on sons
on verdict
Bryant, Frankie Lee
birth
death
60 Minutes segment
talk with attorney
Bryant, Henry
Bryant, James: run for office
threats against
Bryant, Marsha
Bryant, Rachael
Bryant, Raymond: on Campbell as murderer
defends Roy
Bryant, Roy
arrest of
background
car accident
on Chatham remarks
and children in court
death
denial of collusion with Huie
divorce from Carolyn
federal convictions
federal sentence
and food stamp fraud
grand jury decision
hardships
health
and Hemphill story
indictment in Till case
interviews
and kidnapping
kidnapping of Till
later confession
life after Till murder
meeting with Huie
move from jail
at murder trial
new store
praise for
release on bond
remarriage
return to Mississippi
run for office
with sheriff
statement from jail
store closure
and store incident
summary of events
as a suspect
sympathy toward
threats against
and Till movie
on trial
verdict
Bryant, Roy, Jr.
death
Bryant, Thomas Lamar
Bryant, Vera Jo Orman: death
marriage to Roy
Burger, Donald
meeting with assistant attorney general
60 Minutes segment
support of Beauchamp
Burnside, Mary
Burr Oak Cemetery
grave-selling scheme
monument dedication