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Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medal
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 70 years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered by two white men, the House...
Emmett Till’s family, others, praise national monuments in his honor
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoThe Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states,...
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley to be honored with new monuments on the 82nd anniversary of his...
Revolt via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEmmett Till The brutal lynching of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley’s, activism will be...
Photog who caught rare smile of MLK, images of Emmett Till’s killers, dies at 97
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoIn 1956, Gene Herrick captured an image of Martin Luther King Jr. smiling as he was kissed by...
A national park could be key to preserving Emmett Till's memory, legacy, advocates say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s one of the United States' most infamous hate crimes, the spark of the modern civil rights...
With Emmett Till murder back in the news, these books and documentaries are essential
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoIn August 1955, a Sumner, Mississippi woman named Carolyn Bryant claimed that 14-year-old Emmett...
Rediscovered arrest warrant puts Emmett Till killing back in the spotlight
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe brutal kidnapping, beating and killing of Emmett Till is often taught as history, but the fight...
Emmett Till statue unveiled in Mississippi park
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoA 9-foot statue of Emmett Till, the Black teen kidnapped and killed for whistling at a white woman in 1955, will be unveiled on Friday in a Mississippi...
Who was Emmett Till? What we all need to know about his death and legacy
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoA recently found arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham, a woman whose accusations led to Emmett...
Bombshell quote missing from Emmett Till tape. So did Carolyn Bryant Donham really recant?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTimothy Tyson’s book on Emmett Till became a bestseller thanks to the bombshell quote he attributed...