Racial Coverage of the 1950s Print Media and the Case of Emmett Till

Racial Coverage of the 1950s Print Media and the Case of Emmett Till [microform] / Jane Rhodes.

The Emmett Till murder case in 1955 marked the turning point in the coverage of blacks by the white American press. Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was murdered in 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi. The Till murder was covered extensively in the press, since the two white men charged...

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Main Author: Rhodes, Jane
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:
Black History.
Mass Media Effects.
News Reporting.
Newspapers.
Press Opinion.
Racial Attitudes.
Racial Bias.
Regional Attitudes.
United States History.
Victims of Crime.

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