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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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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 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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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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Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts
2 years, 8 months ago

Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts

NPR  

Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts Enlarge this image toggle caption Natasha Moustache/Getty Images Natasha Moustache/Getty Images After multiple failed attempts across twelve decades, there is now a federal law that designates lynching as a hate crime. Sponsor Message Racial Justice President Biden has signed a bill that makes lynching a federal hate …

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Congress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching hate crime
2 years, 9 months ago

Congress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching hate crime

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval Monday to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S., sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. Years in the making, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is among some 200 bills that have been introduced over the past century that have tried …

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Philonise Floyd: George Floyd’s brother bonds with Emmett Till’s cousin over brutal, public deaths decades apart
3 years, 8 months ago

Philonise Floyd: George Floyd’s brother bonds with Emmett Till’s cousin over brutal, public deaths decades apart

CNN  

Minneapolis CNN — When Deborah Watts met Philonise Floyd, they already knew each other’s pain without saying a word. The cousin of Emmett Till and the brother of George Floyd both know what it’s like to have a family member die suddenly and violently. “We’re both like, we’re holding the rope and we don’t want to let it go,” Floyd …

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