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.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections
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