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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
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
ClickHole Apparently that’s too much to ask for these internationally celebrated hotshots.
6 Nobel Laureates Who Can’t Spare 12 Hours Of Their Time To Hear My Ideas For Improving Microwaves
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Twelve hours. That’s all I want.
116 months ago
Entertainment Weekly We could watch these comedy legends together for hours and hours and hours.
See Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball team up in 1960s comedy special
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Watch an exclusive clip of Burnett and Ball from their comedy special.
118 months ago
Deadspin Reggis Ball kept the football.
Ball-Snatching Memphis Player Autographs His Prize, Instagrams It, Gets Dismissed
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The Memphis Tigers lost to Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl yesterday, but safety Reggis Ball wanted a souvenir to commemorate his two interceptions in the game. So, he wrestled an equipment staffer for a game ball and ran. The school dismissed the reds Read more ... hirt senior from the team a few hours after the incident.
123 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
Republic of Astronomy (Ireland) Do you think Friday the 13th is unlucky? well there will be another in March and another in November this year.
The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: triskadekaphobia; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called Read more ... paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen").
There is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century, and the superstition only gained widespread distribution in the 20th century.
It's not known for certain how the superstition surrounding this day arose, but both Friday and the number 13 are connected with the crucifixion of Christ (Friday being the day the crucifixion took place, commemorated weekly in Catholic practice, and 13 being the number of people present at the Last supper).
In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock day, the twelve deities of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, the 12 years of the Chinese Buddhist cycle, etc. In contrast the number thirteen is considered irregular, transgressing this completeness.
On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, possibly giving rise to the fear of a curse on that day.
134 months ago
Anthony Lynch Do you think Friday the 13th is unlucky? well there will be another in March and another in November this year.
The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: triskadekaphobia; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called Read more ... paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen").
There is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century, and the superstition only gained widespread distribution in the 20th century.
It's not known for certain how the superstition surrounding this day arose, but both Friday and the number 13 are connected with the crucifixion of Christ (Friday being the day the crucifixion took place, commemorated weekly in Catholic practice, and 13 being the number of people present at the Last supper).
In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock day, the twelve deities of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, the 12 years of the Chinese Buddhist cycle, etc. In contrast the number thirteen is considered irregular, transgressing this completeness.
On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, possibly giving rise to the fear of a curse on that day.
Republic of Astronomy (Ireland)
134 months ago
Republic of Astronomy (Ireland) Do you think Friday the 13th is unlucky? well there will be another in March and another in November this year.
The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: triskadekaphobia; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called Read more ... paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen").
There is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century, and the superstition only gained widespread distribution in the 20th century.
It's not known for certain how the superstition surrounding this day arose, but both Friday and the number 13 are connected with the crucifixion of Christ (Friday being the day the crucifixion took place, commemorated weekly in Catholic practice, and 13 being the number of people present at the Last supper).
In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock day, the twelve deities of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, the 12 years of the Chinese Buddhist cycle, etc. In contrast the number thirteen is considered irregular, transgressing this completeness.
On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, possibly giving rise to the fear of a curse on that day.
134 months ago
Jezebel GET THE BALL GET THE BALL GET THE BALL GET THE BALL GET THE BALL GET THE BALL
Don't Judge This Golden Retriever Going Batshit Crazy Over Tennis
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Because, honestly--you're not that different.
134 months ago