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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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Emmett Till’s relatives lead protest to home of woman whose accusations led to his murder: ‘Justice was never served’
2 years ago

Emmett Till’s relatives lead protest to home of woman whose accusations led to his murder: ‘Justice was never served’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Relatives of Emmett Till …

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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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Emmett Till’s relatives push for renewed probe into 1955 lynching
2 years, 9 months ago

Emmett Till’s relatives push for renewed probe into 1955 lynching

Al Jazeera  

The abduction, torture and murder of the Black teenager from Chicago decades ago galvanised the US civil rights movement. Relatives of Emmett Till, a Black teenager whose 1955 lynching propelled the United States civil rights movement, have joined supporters in asking authorities to reverse their decision to close an investigation into the killing. US authorities have known for decades that …

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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 …

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Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges
3 years ago

Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges

Associated Press  

— The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. Officials also said that historian Timothy B. Tyson, the author of 2017’s “The Blood of Emmett Till,” was unable …

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ABC’s new ‘Women of the Movement’ about Emmett Till’s mother
3 years, 7 months ago

ABC’s new ‘Women of the Movement’ about Emmett Till’s mother

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — ABC will air a short-run series “Women of the Movement” next season about Mamie Till-Mobley, whose son Emmett Till became a symbol of the civil rights movement after he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Fred Savage, who starred in “The Wonder Years” when it ran originally on ABC from 1988 to 1993, directed the pilot episode …

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Senators seek highest civilian honor for Till and his mother
4 years, 3 months ago

Senators seek highest civilian honor for Till and his mother

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, a Republican and a Democratic senator said Wednesday. Till was a black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955 by white men who were later acquitted despite eyewitness testimony tying them to the killing. Martin Luther King Jr. She also was one …

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