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Joseph Tobias papers

Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, regarding his representation of Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960.

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Creator
Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003

Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : The Afro-American, Chicago, Ill. : Daily Defender

Date of Original
1900/2005

Subject
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
African Americans--Crimes against
Civil rights
Civil law--Cases

People
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Maryland, City of Baltimore, 39.29038, -76.61219

Medium
clippings (information artifacts)
interviews
records (documents)
speeches (documents)

Type
Text

Description
Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, regarding his representation of Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960. Documents include case files for Mamie Bradley v. Cowles Magazines, Inc., Vernon C. Meyers, Gardner Cowles, and William Bradford Huie; correspondence on Till-Mobley's behalf with the NAACP and motion picture studios; and subject files kept by Tobias on Till-Mobley during and after his employment by her.

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

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

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1. How Photos Became Icon of Civil Rights Movement

Date of Original:: 2005
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

2. Emmett's Legacy: A mother keeps her son's name alive by building a foundation upon his tragic murder in Mississippi

Date of Original:: 1995-09-05
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

3. Youth's murder for interracial flirting galvinzed civil rights drive

Date of Original:: 1995-08-29
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

4. Mamie Bradley, subject file: 1990-2005

Date of Original:: 1990/2005
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

5. Bradley v. Cowles, Appellate Court briefs

Date of Original:: 1959/1960
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

6. Bradley v. Cowles, Appellate Court & Illinois Supreme Court

Date of Original:: 1959/1960
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

7. Bradley v. Cowles, Appellate Court procedures

Date of Original:: 1959
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

8. Bradley v. Cowles, Background and research: folder 1

Date of Original:: 1958
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

9. Bradley v. Cowles, Background and research: folder 2

Date of Original:: 1958
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

10. Bradley v. Cowles, Case documents

Date of Original:: 1958/1959
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

11. Bradley v. Cowles, Circuit Court pleadings

Date of Original:: 1958/1959
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

12. Bradley v. Cowles, Investigation

Date of Original:: 1958
Collection:: Joseph Tobias Papers
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections