{"product_id":"framing-emmett-till-christopher-benson-9781419742279","title":"Framing Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA graphic novel biography about one of America's most heinous race crimes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFraming Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003efollows 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eJet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and quickly spread throughout the nation, serving as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on acclaimed journalist Christopher Benson's experience collaborating with Mamie Till-Mobley on \u003ci\u003eDeath of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e--a Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Robert F. Kennedy Award-winning work--\u003ci\u003eFraming Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear\u003c\/i\u003e reexamines the legacy of Emmett Till through a contemporary lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419742272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419742279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Comicarts - Megascope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Christopher Benson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454383141119,"sku":"9781419742279","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db0f33ab-7ef3-4f9b-b25b-4256c1beef69.jpg?v=1777305882","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/framing-emmett-till-christopher-benson-9781419742279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}