William Bradford HueWilliam Bradford "Bill" Huie (November 13, 1910 - November 20, 1986) was an American journalist and novelist. He wrote several books about controversial topics related to World War II and the Civil Rights Movement.He was also known for the practice o checkbook journalism, paying subjects to gain interviews and articles about them. In January 1956 he published an interview in Look magazine in which the two white men who killed Emmett Till admitted their guilt and described their crime. They had been acquitted at trial several months previously by an all-white jury.Huie had several of his books adapted as feature films during the 1960s and 1970s. Read More Read Less