Troubling Memory: Disparate Stories of the Emmett Till murder trial of 1955
Proposal Type
Individual Presentation
Location
Olscamp 203
Start Date
10-11-2018 11:15 AM
End Date
10-11-2018 12:30 PM
Abstract
This presentation will uncover key differences from news reports in the weekly Lima Post and the daily Lima News, and seek to explore how and why editorial priorities led the crafting of the message’s pathos and played a role in how the different readerships perceived the Emmett Till murder trial.
Troubling Memory: Disparate Stories of the Emmett Till murder trial of 1955
Olscamp 203
This presentation will uncover key differences from news reports in the weekly Lima Post and the daily Lima News, and seek to explore how and why editorial priorities led the crafting of the message’s pathos and played a role in how the different readerships perceived the Emmett Till murder trial.