(CIVIL RIGHTS) Resolution by the Philadelphia City Council o

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Resolution by the Philadelphia City Council on the murder of Emmett Till and the coverage in Life Magazine. [3] printed pages, 9 x 6 inches, on one folding sheet, signed in facsimile by City Council president James H.J. Tate; minimal wear; inked stamp of council member Raymond Pace Alexander in upper margin. Philadelphia, 13 October 1955

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This resolution recounts the details of the Emmett Till murder, and then thanks Life Magazine for "one of the finest tributes ever written in the American Press on the spiritual and religious implications of the inhumanity of man to man." Life's memoriam article is transcribed in full. The resolution's caption title reads "Resolution Expressing the Congratulations of the Council Philadelphia to Life Magazine for the Magnificently Written and Soul-Stirring Editorial Appearing in Its Issue of October 10, 1955 Entitled: In Memoriam, Emmett Till." It was sponsored by city councilman Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974), a prominent civil rights activist. None traced in OCLC or at auction.