8vo, (Some minor discoloration). Original wrappers, staple bound (rusting to staples).

FIRST EDITION pamphlet regarding the abduction, brutal beating, and murder of Emmett Till by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. Burnham begins: "In all the foul record of human oppression, few crimes have matched in unbridled savagery the kidnap-murder of Emmett Louis Till. The discovery of the fiendishly mutilated body of this 14-year-ld Chicago boy in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River on August 28, 1955, revealed more than the handiwork of a pair of hate-crazed 'white supremacists.'" He goes on to lay out the denial of human and constitutional rights to all Black people in the southern United States through the plantation economy and the white ruling class, ending with a call to action for "all citizens everywhere" to speak up and urge their Congressmen to enforce the Constitution.

[With:] 10 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. cardstock printed ad (chipping, loss to edges and corners). Promoting the December 1955 issue of Ebony magazine featuring "The Emmett Till Story."