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Davis Houck papers

Research materials gathered by Professor Davis Houck and COM3930 students on the Emmett Till murder case and related events, including news clippings and government records.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1908/2015

Subject
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
African Americans--Crimes against
Civil rights
Journalism--Political aspects--United States
Mississippi--Race relations
Racism in the press
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century
Trials (Murder)--United States
Research
Winona (Miss.)
Police brutality

People
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Montgomery County, Winona, 33.48207, -89.72814

Medium
personal correspondence
documents (object genre)
photographic prints
blueprints (reprographic copies)
maps (documents)
newspapers
records (documents)
theses
pamphlets
hearings (event)
case files
articles

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
Research materials gathered by Professor Davis Houck and COM3930 students on the Emmett Till murder case and related events, including news clippings and government records.

Metadata URL
https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:davishouckpapersmain

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

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121. Trial Opens In Slaying Of Chicago Boy, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Creator:: Associated Press
Date of Original:: 1955-09-19
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

122. Racial Murder Trial Starting Monday Puts Mississippi to Test, Detroit Free Press

Creator:: Devin, James
Date of Original:: 1955-09-18
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

123. The Michigan Chronicle

Date of Original:: 1955-09-17/1955-10-29
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

124. New York Amsterdam News

Date of Original:: 1955-09-17/1955-11-19
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

125. Two White Men Face Trial Monday in Mississippi Slaying of Negro Boy, 14, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Creator:: Associated Press
Date of Original:: 1955-09-17
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

126. Nation's Attention Focused On Miss. Trial, Los Angeles Sentinel: Mother To Attend Hearing

Creator:: American Negro Press
Date of Original:: 1955-09-15
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

127. The Sumner Sentinel: We Advocate Measures - Not Men

Date of Original:: 1955-09-15/1955-12-08
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

128. Chicago Defender: World's Greatest Weekly

Creator:: International News Service
American Negro Press
Elliott, Robert
Smith Colin, Mattie
Mays, E.J.
Newson, Moses
Barnett, Albert
Wilson, Alex
Denley, Robert H.
Sadler, Lew
Faulkner, William
Kilgallen, James L.
Barrow, John
Duckett, Alfred
Birchman, Robert L.
Murrain, Edward
Homel, W.B.
Payne, Ethel L.
Date of Original:: 1955-09-10/1955-10-29
Collection:: Davis Houck Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections