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Clotye Murdock Larsson

Clotye Murdock Larsson, a associate editor of Ebony magazine brilliantly covered the famous Emmett Till Trial.

From "Who's Who in the Emmett Till Case"

Murdock, Clotye (1928-2009) reported on the Milam-Bryant murder trial for Ebony magazine. Soon after the trial, she moved to Sweden and remained there until visiting Mississippi upon the 30th anniversary of the Emmett Till slaying. She published two articles in Ebony related to the Emmett Till case, “Land of the Till Murder,” in 1956, and “Land of the Till Murder Revisited,” in 1986. Just before the trial, while interviewing Mose Wright at his home, with Ebony and Jet photographer David Jackson, she witnessed a truck carrying six armed white men slow past the house. She has lived in Sweden for several years. Her husband, Lars Larsson died in 1988 and she remained in Sweden until the time of her death. Link to original text: Clotye Murdock Larsson in "Who's Who in the Emmett Till Case"

Interviews

Interview with Clotye Murdock Larsson in 2005 in the Swedish morning newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (Google translation from Swedish to English)

She saw Mississippi Burning

Articles

Articles written by Clotye Murdock Larsson, courtesy of Ebony Magazine and the website

http://www.emmetttillmurder.com/

“Land of the Till Murder "

“Land of the Till Murder revisited"


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