Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips, Jr., Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism (New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 1999) — first full-length treatment of the case.

Michael Webb, "'God Bless You All—I Am Innocent': Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp, Chattanooga, and the Lynching of Ed Johnson," in Trial and Triumph: Essays in Tennessee's African American History, edited by Carroll Van West (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2002), 281-309.

The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp — This site at Famous American Trials provides a rich array of sources including newspaper stories, court records, and information about key participants.

The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, edited by Alfreda M. Duster (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970) — Wells led the anti-lynching campaign and helped found the NAACP.

Linda O. McMurry, To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) — standard scholarly biography.