Emmett Till twitter collection
Florida State University Libraries' Special Collections & Archives started collecting tweets posted on Twitter using the hashtag, #EmmettTill, in March 2017. Tweets are collected using the tool, IFTTT, and deposited in a Google Drive directory before processed for the digital library. In keeping with privacy polices of both Twitter and FSU Libraries, only the tweet content, along with any associated URLs, and their published dates are made public as part of FSU's automated collection of Twitter and the #EmmettTill hashtag. FSU only collected tweets that users decided to share publicly.
More About This Collection
Contributor to Resource
Florida State University
Date of Original
2017/2021
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights--History
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
African Americans--Civil rights--History--21st century
African Americans--Crimes against
Civil rights
People
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium
blogs
Type
Text
Description
Florida State University Libraries' Special Collections & Archives started collecting tweets posted on Twitter using the hashtag, #EmmettTill, in March 2017. Tweets are collected using the tool, IFTTT, and deposited in a Google Drive directory before processed for the digital library. In keeping with privacy polices of both Twitter and FSU Libraries, only the tweet content, along with any associated URLs, and their published dates are made public as part of FSU's automated collection of Twitter and the #EmmettTill hashtag. FSU only collected tweets that users decided to share publicly.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections
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