Why is there still no justice for Emmett Till?
2 years, 11 months ago

Why is there still no justice for Emmett Till?

Al Jazeera  

The Jim Crow era may be gone but its spirit is alive and well. White womanhood and keeping Black men ‘in their place’ Sixty-six years ago, Till’s mutilated body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. I’m likely to kill him.” Keeping Black men in their place was central to how white America enforced anti-Black racism and designed segregation during the Jim Crow era, which lasted from the end of the Civil War in the 1860s to the late 1960s. These repeated failures of the US authorities to deliver justice for the murder of a Black boy allow white America to find comfort in knowing that the deadly racialisation of Black men during the Jim Crow era still has currency today. In this context, the failure to deliver justice for Till’s murder reflects a white society recommitting itself to public displays of white supremacy and racial violence against Black people.

History of this topic

US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies
1 year, 7 months ago
Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s lynching, dies
1 year, 7 months ago
Emmett Till’s relatives lead protest to home of woman whose accusations led to his murder: ‘Justice was never served’
2 years ago
How Hollywood turned a ‘blind eye’ to Emmett Till: Inside a troubled 67-year history
2 years, 1 month ago
Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story
2 years, 1 month ago
Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
2 years, 4 months ago
Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
2 years, 4 months ago
A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing
2 years, 4 months ago
Grand jury declines to indict woman, 87, whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s killing
2 years, 4 months ago
Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching
2 years, 5 months ago
Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
2 years, 5 months ago
Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
2 years, 5 months ago
Emmett Till case warrant from 1955 found, family seeks arrest
2 years, 5 months ago
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
2 years, 5 months ago
Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found
2 years, 5 months ago
Emmett Till’s relatives push for renewed probe into 1955 lynching
2 years, 9 months ago
Details of Emmett Till killing still a mystery as probe ends
3 years ago
Details of Emmett Till killing still a mystery as probe ends
3 years ago
Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges
3 years ago
US Justice Dept closes Emmett Till lynching case without charges
3 years ago
Report: Till slaying still being investigated 65 years later
3 years, 5 months ago

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