Emmett Till: 62nd Anniversary Of Lynching Reignites Calls For Apology
Sixty-two years ago on August 28, Carolyn Bryant Donham, a White woman, told a lie that got a fourteen year-old boy killed. The 62nd anniversary comes just days after the nation witnessed racial...
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Camille Cosby Receives Epic Backlash For Comparing Her Husband’s Conviction...
On April 26, Bill Cosby was convicted on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging defendant Andrea Constand before he sexually assaulted her at his suburban Philadelphia home in...
View ArticleBill Cosby’s Rep (But Not Camille’s) Addresses Divorce Rumors
UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. EDT — This morning, it was reported that Camille Cosby was preparing to divorce her husband of 54 years. Bill Cosby’s rep Andrew Wyatt told People.com that the rumor tells is a...
View ArticleSign Marking Where Emmett Till’s Body Was Found Vandalized With bullet Holes,...
Vandals are committed to attacking the memory of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose death galvanized the Civil Rights Movement, as those who vow never to forget Till’s lynching debate how to move...
View ArticleJesse Williams Is Now A Director And His New Film Is Seriously Relevant For 2018
Jesse Williams is a noted actor and activist, but he can now add director to his many titles. The 37-year-old is directing a new film that will tackle one of America’s ugliest moments in history. See...
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The Caucacity! Watch CNN Commentator Confronted With History Of Whites...
Many people have claimed that if (emphasis on if because it has not been proven) Jussie Smollett lied he will damage the credibility of Black and Black LGBT people reporting hate crimes. As if they...
View ArticleChicago White Sox Official Says Honoring Emmett Till At A Baseball Game Is...
On Saturday, during a break in the White Sox-Twins game, the park’s big screen honored people from Chicago with three individuals on the screen that included “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak,...
View ArticleJay-Z, Will Smith To Produce TV Series About The Civil Rights Movement’s...
Brooklyn-bred mogul Jay-Z has been dedicated to bringing narratives about the Black experience in America to the forefront. He co-produced the poignant documentary Time: The Kalief Browder Story,...
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‘Where Is Justice For Emmett Till?’ People Still Want Carolyn Bryant To...
Source: Bettmann / Getty Emmett Louis Till would have celebrated his 78th birthday last month possibly surrounded by children, grandchildren and other family members who could have reflected on his...
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White Supremacist Demonstration Sparks Recommitment To Emmett Till Memorial...
Source: Facebook White supremacy continues to rear its gross head thanks to a demonstration by a group at Emmett Till‘s memorial in Mississippi. According to NBC News, the group was caught by...
View ArticleEmmett Till Bill: Black Leaders React To The Anti-Lynching Law Being Passed
Wednesday marked a monumental and equally historic day in Black history as the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act was passed by the house, criminalizing lynching, thus making the act a hate crime under...
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Emmett Till Movie In Development 65 Years After Murder
Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Today marks the 65th anniversary that Emmett Till was brutally murdered in 1955. As his story continues to reverberate throughout racial justice movements till this day, a...
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Historical Marker Honoring Emmett Till Knocked Over
Source: Bettmann / Getty On Sept. 2, the Emmett Till Center discovered that another historical marker paying tribute to the slain-teen was tampered with as the sign had been toppled over ABC News...
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Rep. Bobby Rush Requests Feds Investigate Student's Death
Source: Michael A. McCoy / Getty In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Bobby Rush requested a federal review of the disappearance and death of Illinois...
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Probe Into Emmett Till Killing Closed
Source: Natasha Moustache / Getty In 2018, the U.S. Justice Department reopened the investigation into the horrific lynching of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black child from Chicago who was tortured,...
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3 Republicans Vote Against House Anti-Lynching Bill
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. | Source: Tom Williams / Getty The historic passage of an anti-lynching bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday wasn’t even close with a vote of 422 to 3. But the...
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Emmett Till Opera Written By White Woman Debuts
Undated photo of Emmett Till. | Source: Bettmann / Getty One day, a white woman woke up in the morning and decided that making an opera about Emmett Till was a good idea. That white woman got a bunch...
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‘Serve It And Charge Her’: Emmett Till’s Family Wants White Woman Arrested...
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty We all know the story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the vicious white monsters who tortured and killed him, and the racist white woman who set it all in motion. We...
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‘Racing Against Time’: The Quest To Hold Carolyn Bryant Donham Accountable...
Emmett Till is shown in this undated photo. | Source: Bettmann / Getty Brooklyn-based filmmaker Keith Beauchamp has spent the last 27 years of his life obsessively trying to get an old racist white...
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Police Shooting Victim Jayland Walker Is Given Open Casket Funeral Like...
Demonstrators hold signs during a vigil in honor of Jayland Walker on July 8, 2022, in Akron, Ohio. | Source: Angelo Merendino / Getty The funeral for an unarmed Black man who was killed in a hail of...
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EXCLUSIVE: Carolyn Bryant Donham’s Unpublished Memoir Surfaces: ‘I Always...
Carolyn Bryant Donham and Emmett Till. | Source: Getty Images / Getty “It is my fervent desire that my story will shed light on what happened, at least as I knew and remembered it, and illuminate my...
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Carolyn Bryant Donham’s Leaked Memoir, Arrest Warrant Aren’t Enough ‘New’...
Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago. | Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Sadly, but also predictably, the office of Mississippi’s attorney general has stated...
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Let’s Talk About This ‘Till’ Trailer And Why So Many Black People Are Opposed...
Source: till movie / Youtube So, the trailer for the upcoming Emmett Till movie is out, and—well—I just don’t think I’m ever going to be prepared to watch this film. The movie Till is actually...
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Mississippi Grand Jury Finds ‘Insufficient Evidence’ To Charge Carolyn Bryant...
14-year-old Emmett Till in an undated photo Source: Bettmann / Getty A Mississippi grand jury declined charges against the white woman whose accusation led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till. While...
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‘Till’ Director Says Film Will Begin & End With Joy
Source: Taylor Hill / Getty The official first look at the profoundly emotional and cinematic film “Till” is out now. “Till” is based on the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of...
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The Understated Legacy Of Emmett Till’s Mother Lives On In New ‘Till’ Movie
Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago. | Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the...
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Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley Posthumously Honored With Congressional Gold...
Source: Bettmann / Getty The harrowing murder of Emmett Till amplified brutal truths surrounding the realities of racism in America, sparking a movement rooted in the fight for racial justice. Nearly...
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Emmett Till’s Family, ‘Till’ Director Respond to Oscars Snub
Source: Barry Brecheisen / Getty Out of the many snubs in this year’s Academy Award nominations, this one seems to be one of the most glaring. Till, the highly-praised film documenting the life and...
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Carolyn Bryant Donham, Emmett Till’s Accuser Who Sparked Lynching, Dies At 88
Source: Getty Images / Getty The white woman who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of catcalling her, which led to his brutal lynching, died at the age of 88. According to Mississippi Today, Carolyn...
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How The 1955 Emmett Till Murder Case Helped Define Civil Rights
Carolyn Bryant Donham, left, reads newspaper accounts of the Emmett Till murder trial in 1955. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett...
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