Emmett Till Remembrance Panel
Dr. John Kelly and Pastor John Whitfield join us ahead of an Emmett Till Remembrance Panel happening this Saturday in Gulfport. The panel takes place at Morning Star Baptist in Gulfport at…
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Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honor Till and his…
Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager for allegedly whistling at a…
Emmett Till’s family members rally outside DA's Office demanding justice
Family members of Emmett Till and supporters rallied outside the LeFlore County DA’s Office demanding justice for the kidnapping and murder of Till. They met on the steps…
Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant…
Emmett Till’s family holds press conference to demand arrest of Donham
Several family members of Emmett Till made their way to the federal building in Jackson, Mississippi demanding the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham. This presser…
Activists call for arrest of Carolyn Donham who was allegedly in on the murder of Emmett Till
National Civil Rights Activist John C. Barnett and other local activists traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina to hold a…
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
By JAY REEVES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955…
Report: Till slaying still being investigated 65 years later
By JAY REEVES The Justice Department is continuing its investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose slaying 65 years ago in Mississippi sparked outrage and illustrated the brutality of racism in the segregated South. The department’s…
Emmett Till historical marker vandalized
A historical marker designating where Emmett Till’s body was dropped into a river in Mississippi in 1955 has been vandalized again. Now, the organization that put it up is deciding what to do. For the second time in recent years,…
Emmett Till Rally in Jackson
Relatives of Emmett Till were at the capitol today in Jackson. Till’s family wants an apology from Carolyn Bryant Donham. She reportedly confessed to author Timothy B. Tyson that she lied about the encounter with the 14-year-old in her Money…
Emmett Till Sign will be Replaced
A center dedicated to the memory of slain black teen Emmett Till has raised over $20,000 to replace a sign commemorating the 1955 killing that helped propel the Civil Rights movement. The sign has been the target of repeated vandals,…
