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Framing Emmett Till
Exposing Dark Fear
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A graphic novel biography about one of America's most heinous race crimes, Framing Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear follows an anonymous Black writer as he investigates Emmett's murder, confronting not only the unresolved truths of the past, but the ways Black pain is consumed, reshaped, and monetized in the present.
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and lynched in August 1955 in Mississippi, his body thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men. A white woman named Carol Bryant had accused young Emmett of making advances on her. Bryant's husband and his half-brother then hunted down, tortured, and murdered Emmett. Three days later, his mutilated body was pulled from the river.
In Emmett's home city of Chicago, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket funeral. Tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony, including the media, and the grotesque images of Emmett's body were printed in Jet magazine and quickly spread throughout the nation, serving as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Drawing on acclaimed journalist Christopher Benson's experience collaborating with Mamie Till-Mobley on Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America-a Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Robert F. Kennedy Award-winning work-Framing Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear reexamines the legacy of Emmett Till through a contemporary lens.
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and lynched in August 1955 in Mississippi, his body thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men. A white woman named Carol Bryant had accused young Emmett of making advances on her. Bryant's husband and his half-brother then hunted down, tortured, and murdered Emmett. Three days later, his mutilated body was pulled from the river.
In Emmett's home city of Chicago, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket funeral. Tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony, including the media, and the grotesque images of Emmett's body were printed in Jet magazine and quickly spread throughout the nation, serving as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Drawing on acclaimed journalist Christopher Benson's experience collaborating with Mamie Till-Mobley on Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America-a Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Robert F. Kennedy Award-winning work-Framing Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear reexamines the legacy of Emmett Till through a contemporary lens.
Praise for Framing Emmett Till
The story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley can never be told enough. With the help of Benson's and Battle's riveting book, it will never be forgotten.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director, The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
Framing Emmett Till is a beautiful rendering of a tragically horrific story of human depravity and the sheer evil of which people are capable. But, it is also the story of a mother's love and desire to see justice for her son while trying to ensure that his story is accurately told with respect, honesty, and dignity.
Robyn Reed, Schaffer Library, Outreach and Student Engagement Librarian
The artwork strongly emphasizes the emotional realities of the characters.
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About the Authors
Christopher Benson is an Emmy Award-winning lawyer, journalist, and associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He co-authored, with the late Mamie Till-Mobley (Emmett Till's mother), Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and which won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Special Recognition and the BlackBoard Nonfiction Book of the Year. Formerly the Washington editor of Ebony, Benson has contributed to Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and The New York Times.
Eric Battle is an illustrator, curator, and art director whose career has covered the spectrum of comic books and graphic novels, children's books, fashion, and advertising. He is most recognized for his dynamic and compelling visuals, and has illustrated the stories of many popular icons, from Spider-Man and the X-Men to Batman and Godzilla. His collaborators include bestselling novelist L.A. Banks (on her Vampire Huntress Legends novel series), World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, AMC's Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd, and Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin. In October 2023, Eric was recruited by the US Mint's Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to add his dynamic design and visual sensibilities to upcoming coin and medal designs.
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