Framing Emmett Till

Christopher Benson is an Emmy Award-winning lawyer, journalist, and associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He co-authored, with the late Mamie Till-Mobley (Emmett Till's mother), Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and which won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Special Recognition and the BlackBoard Nonfiction Book of the Year. Formerly the Washington editor of Ebony, Benson has contributed to Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and The New York Times.
Eric Battle is an illustrator, curator, and art director whose career has covered the spectrum of comic books and graphic novels, children's books, fashion, and advertising. He is most recognized for his dynamic and compelling visuals, and has illustrated the stories of many popular icons, from Spider-Man and the X-Men to Batman and Godzilla. His collaborators include bestselling novelist L.A. Banks (on her Vampire Huntress Legends novel series), World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, AMC's Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd, and Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin. In October 2023, Eric was recruited by the US Mint's Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to add his dynamic design and visual sensibilities to upcoming coin and medal designs.