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Series
Diederich studies in media and communication volume no. 2
Publisher
Marquette University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
4) Discipline and indulgence: college football, media, and the American way of life during the cold war
Author
Publisher
Rugers University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1955, shortly after Emmett Till was murdered by white supremacists in Mississippi, his grieving mother distributed to the press a gruesome photograph of his mutilated corpse. Asked why she would do this, she explained that by witnessing with their own eyes the brutality of segregation and racism, Americans would be more likely to support the cause of racial justice. "Let the world see what I've seen," was her reply. The publication of the photograph...