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How a new book honors Emmett Till: ‘The specifics are what make it real’
2 months, 1 week ago

How a new book honors Emmett Till: ‘The specifics are what make it real’

LA Times  

Wright Thompson’s new book is about the site of Emmett Till’s murder. This week I spoke with Wright Thompson, a Mississippi native whose new nonfiction book, “The Barn,” looks at the murder of Emmett Till from multiple perspectives — cultural, geographical and personal. Wright Thompson’s “The Barn” looks at the murder of Emmett Till from multiple perspectives – cultural, geographical, …

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For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
1 year, 4 months ago

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

Associated Press  

When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. With the stroke of Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally-protected places. …

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Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument
1 year, 4 months ago

Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument

NPR  

Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument Good morning. Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Scientists tell NPR's Nathan Rott that the findings were not surprising because the effects of greenhouse gasses on global temperatures are known. But many climate scientists think the international …

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For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
1 year, 4 months ago

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

LA Times  

When President Biden signed a proclamation this week establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. With the stroke of Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally protected …

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Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument

Al Jazeera  

The 1955 lynching of Till, a Black teen, and his mother’s subsequent activism helped propel US civil rights movement. Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanised the civil rights movement in the United States. “That’s what’s gonna happen with visitors of all backgrounds who …

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Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday. Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and …

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Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

LA Times  

President Biden walks to his motorcade as he leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington after attending Mass on Saturday. President Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and …

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White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died
1 year, 7 months ago

White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

Associated Press  

— The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Wheeler Parker, a cousin of Till who was there, has said Till whistled at the woman, an …

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US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies
1 year, 7 months ago

US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies

Al Jazeera  

The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement. The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in the United States, a coroner’s report shows. The Reverend Wheeler Parker, Till’s cousin who was …

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Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday hosted a screening of the movie “ Till,” a wrenching, new drama about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was brutally killed after a white woman said the Black 14-year-old had made improper advances toward her. “History matters,” Biden said in brief remarks before the lights in the East Room came down …

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Till’s Danielle Deadwyler on playing the mother of Emmett Till, and why film fans shouldn’t look away
1 year, 10 months ago

Till’s Danielle Deadwyler on playing the mother of Emmett Till, and why film fans shouldn’t look away

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mamie Till-Mobley insisted that Emmett’s casket would be open at the …

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Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
1 year, 11 months ago

Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Congress has passed legislation to posthumously award Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, which is now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature, passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal is an award given by Congress …

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Kanye West would ‘already be in a conservatorship’ if ‘he had a vagina’, DL Hughley says on his radio show
2 years, 1 month ago

Kanye West would ‘already be in a conservatorship’ if ‘he had a vagina’, DL Hughley says on his radio show

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Now I don’t understand what comparison he has to …

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How Hollywood turned a ‘blind eye’ to Emmett Till: Inside a troubled 67-year history
2 years, 1 month ago

How Hollywood turned a ‘blind eye’ to Emmett Till: Inside a troubled 67-year history

LA Times  

Mention “The Twilight Zone,” and the image of host and creator Rod Serling almost automatically comes to mind. “The biggest thing that Mother Mobley ever wanted was to bring Emmett’s story to the big screen,” said Keith Beauchamp, director of the documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.” “She would say, ‘Keith, you must continuously tell Emmett’s story until …

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Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story
2 years, 1 month ago

Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story

Associated Press  

— The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till’s mother as she traveled to Mississippi to testify in the murder trial of two white men who lynched her son in 1955. Hundreds of people — a good portion of Mound Bayou’s 1,500 residents — turned out Thursday evening to watch the movie “Till.” The …

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Emmett Till images have multigenerational impact on artists
2 years, 1 month ago

Emmett Till images have multigenerational impact on artists

Associated Press  

Devin Allen admits that he occasionally behaved like a knucklehead, growing up in Baltimore. Allen’s photographs highlighting the effects of police brutality on Baltimore’s Black community are part of the new “Impact of Images” campaign, inspired by the power of photographs like the ones of Emmett printed nearly 70 years ago in Jet magazine. “The whole nation had to bear …

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‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue

Associated Press  

— Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager over accusations he had flirted with a white woman in a country store. Speaking of Till’s mother she said: “Just to imagine the …

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Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders
2 years, 2 months ago

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Gwen Carr sat up straight in her seat as she heard lines of dialogue delivered by the actor portraying Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement. “As I watched that film, I became Mamie Till,” Carr said last month at a …

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Review: ‘Till’ grippingly reorients an American tragedy
2 years, 2 months ago

Review: ‘Till’ grippingly reorients an American tragedy

Associated Press  

Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. But in “Till,” a wrenching, rigorous drama about Till’s brutal murder, director Chinonye Chukwu keeps the story gripped to Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, reorienting a public crime as a private trauma, and Mamie’s subsequent metamorphosis into a civil rights activist …

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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

Associated Press  

— A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized the modern civil rights movement. Wheeler Parker, Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and the last living witness to Till’s Aug. 28, 1955, abduction, …

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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

Al Jazeera  

The failure to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham means that none of those who witnessed Till’s 1955 abduction in the US will face justice. A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized …

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A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing
2 years, 4 months ago

A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing

NPR  

A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing Enlarge this image toggle caption Gene Herrick/AP Gene Herrick/AP JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked …

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Grand jury declines to indict woman, 87, whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s killing
2 years, 4 months ago

Grand jury declines to indict woman, 87, whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s killing

LA Times  

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday. After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore …

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Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching

Associated Press  

— Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman. Williams also said Fitch’s office has not been in contact with Leflore County …

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