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NPR "KKK" was scrawled on an Emmett Till Memorial Highway sign in 2006. And in October, the marker at the Tallahatchie River where Till's body was found was riddled with bullet holes.
Emmett Till Sign Vandalized Again
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The damage was done to a historical marker that stands outside the Money, Miss., grocery store where in 1955, Till was accused of flirting with a white woman before being kidnapped and killed.
105 months ago
NBC News One artist protested the depiction by physically blocking the painting for 8 hours.
Creator of "Open Casket" painting of Emmett Till responds to backlash
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Artist Dana Schutz re-imagines the photo of Till following his murder on August 28, 1955, as an abstract painting.
108 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
ABC News Is Pres. Donald J. Trump the nation's workaholic in chief? Judging by his sleeping habits, he may have a rightful claim to that title. "I am working long hours, long hours, and right up till 12 a.m. or 1 a.m.," said Trump, 70, in a Tuesday night inte Read more ... rview.
109 months ago
People "They promised till death do us part and death parted them for about 10 hours and they were together again forever."
New York Couple Married 70 Years Dies Hours Apart, Buried Together in Single Grave
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For the past 70 years, Ruth and William Bauer were practically inseparable.
110 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
MSN News “Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him.” Carol Bryant said she “felt tender sorrow” for Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
Woman at center of Emmett Till case tells author she fabricated testimony
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Carolyn Bryant disappeared from public view after alleging Till harassed her in a grocery store. Sixty-two years later, it has emerged her story was not true
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
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
People.com "She's going to run till I tell her to stop. She's gonna learn ... I don't play with her."
Murder Trial Begins for Grandma Charged with Forcing 9-Year-Old to Run for 3 Hours for Stealing
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Savannah Hardin, 9, died after allegedly being forced to run for hours as punishment for eating a candy bar
133 months ago