{"product_id":"emmett-till-and-the-mississippi-press-paperback","title":"Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavis W. Houck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. Matthew Grindy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew A. Grindy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn analysis of the media's reaction to the lynching of a young black man Employing never-before-used historical materials, the au-thors of Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press reveal how Mississippi journalists both expressed and shaped public opinion in the aftermath of the 1955 Emmett Till murder. Combing small-circulation weeklies as well as large-circulation dailies, Davis W. Houck and Matthew A. Grindy analyze the rhetoric at work as the state attempted to grapple with a brutal, small-town slaying. Initially coverage tended to be sympathetic to Till, but when the case became a clarion call for civil rights and racial justice in Mississippi, journa-lists reacted. Newspapers both reported on the Till investigation and editor-ialized on its protagonists. Within days the Till case transcended the specifics of a murder in the Delta. Coverage wrestled with such com-plex cultural matters as the role of the press, class, gender, and geography in the determination of guilt and innocence. Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press provides a careful examination of the courtroom testimony given in Sumner, Mississippi, and the trial's conclusion as reported by the state's newspapers. The book closes with an analysis of how Mississippi has attempted to come to terms with its racially troubled past by, in part, memorializing Emmett Till in and around the Delta. Davis W. Houck is associate professor of communication at Florida State University. He is the author of six books, including Rhetoric as Currency: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Great Depression and FDR and Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address. Matthew A. Grindy is a doctoral candidate of communication at Florida State University. Keith A. Beauchamp, a filmmaker based in New York City, is the director of The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn analysis of the media's reaction to the lynching of a young black man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavis W. Houck \u003c\/b\u003eis Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies at Florida State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Bodies in the River: Searching for Freedom Summer \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also the founder of the Emmett Till Archive at FSU and is partnering with the West Tallahatchie School District in the Mississippi Delta to bring Till-themed archival documents to high school students. \u003cb\u003eMatthew A. Grindy\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate of communication at Florida State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113281425543,"sku":"9781604738506","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5894dc14bb41c645e160b20e7cd327fa.webp?v=1732486720","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/emmett-till-and-the-mississippi-press-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}