Emmett Till posts
The New York Times - Lens - Photography A controversial painting shows Emmett Till “abstractly and in ways that are confusing, contradictory, and hurtful.”
The Controversy and Contexts of Using Emmett Till's Image
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The controversy over a white artist’s painting of Emmett Till’s corpse raises issues of appropriation without historical context.
107 months ago
Los Angeles Times Books Emmett Till's death is a tragedy America continues to relive.
The stain of 'The Blood of Emmett Till' - Rebecca Carroll on a pernicious legacy
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Timothy B. Tyson's book retells what happened to Emmett Till, and finds his accuser, after decades of silence.
108 months ago
TheRoot.com Emmett Till's accuser says that nothing he did justified what happened to him. via Jezebel
The Blood of Emmett Till Author Talks Interviewing Till's Accuser and Being Published Alongside Milo
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There is no question that Emmett Till, and his murder-by-lynching which helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement, is perpetually relevant. On Friday, Till, who’s been dead for over 60 years, trended on Twitter when news broke that Carolyn Bryant Read more ... Donham—whose husband, Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law...
110 months ago
HelloGiggles The tragic circumstances of Emmett Till’s murder will always be haunting to hear.
The woman who claimed Emmett Till harassed her back in 1955 just recanted everything
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In 1955, Emmett Till was murdered after a white woman said he harassed her. Decades later, she's finally admitted that wasn't the case.
110 months ago
NPR Writer John Edgar Wideman was thinking of writing a novel based on the Emmett Till case, when he came across the story of Louis Till, Emmett's father. Read on to see why Wideman tells NPR's Scott Simon that the senior Till, who was also hanged, never Read more ... "had a chance."
Emmett Till's Father Was Also Hanged: A New Book Tells His Story
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A decade before his teenage son was lynched in Mississippi, Louis Till was serving overseas in World War II. Writing to Save a Life explores how Till was convicted of rape and murder and put to death.
112 months ago
Life.com Emmett Till was murdered on this day in 1955.
A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till
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In 1955, when an all-white, all-male jury acquitted two men of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till, the verdict shocked observers across the country and around the world.
115 months ago
Life.com Emmett Till was buried at Burr Oak Cemetery on this day in 1955.
A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till
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In 1955, when an all-white, all-male jury acquitted two men of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till, the verdict shocked observers across the country and around the world
127 months ago
MSNBC "I said, 'Oh yes we're going to open the casket.' ... Let the people see what I see. I want the world to see this."
-- Mamie Till Mobley, mother of Emmett Till
Remembering Emmett Till 60-years later
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On this day in 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by two white men in Mississippi for supposedly whistling at a teenage girl who was white.
127 months ago
BuzzFeed News Friday marks 60 years since Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago, was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. To this day, no one has served time for his murder.
Emmett Till's murder fueled a movement
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Sixty years after the brutal killing of Emmett Till, 60 Minutes revisits two eyewitness accounts
127 months ago
Life.com Emmett Till was kidnapped, and later murdered, on this day in 1955.
A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till
ti.me
In 1955, when an all-white, all-male jury acquitted two men of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till, the verdict shocked observers across the country and around the world
127 months ago