Paper: Murder of Emmett Till and Armed Self Defense in Mississippi (127th Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2013))

Friday, January 4, 2013: 3:30 PM

Rhythms Ballroom 2 (Sheraton New Orleans)

Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University

TRM Howard was a civil rights activist and business leader in Mississippi in mid-twentieth century Mississippi. He was among those who decided that armed self-defense was a way to advance the cause of civil rights. He set a pattern that was followed by others to be discussed in this paper.

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