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After Uvalde shooting, people consider an 'Emmett Till moment' to change gun debate
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago. The mother of Emmett Till...
Till and the Act of Witnessing Black Trauma Onscreen in 2022
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(L to R) Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Mobley and Whoopi Goldberg as Alma Carthan in TILL,...
Guest Column: From Emmett Till to Tyre Nichols, Another Wakeup Call to Take Action
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt is often said, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and make no mistake about it; these words...
How Hollywood turned a 'blind eye' to Emmett Till: Inside a troubled 67-year history
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Los Angeles Times photo illustration; photos by Lynsey Weatherspoon / Orion Pictures, James Van...
Chinonye Chukwu On Making ‘Till’: “Where The Camera Focuses Is Its Own Act Of Resistance” – New York...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChinonye Chukwu was certain of two things setting out to tell the story of a loving and lovely...
America's 'nasty disease': At 90, civil rights icon Myrlie Evers still marches against racism
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCLAREMONT, Calif. – Myrlie Evers felt her temper rising as she sat in the White House theater behind...
The Life and Homegoing of Tyre Nichols [Updated]
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTyre Nichols was only 29 when he was fatally beaten by a group of Memphis police officers. Though his name was been chanted in the streets in the demand...
Art made during — and despite — the pandemic informs the Hammer's 'Made in L.A.' 2023 biennial
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Hammer Museum's sixth biennial survey, offering hugely diverse work made by the show's 39...
Strange Fruit: Logansport students learn of Marion lynching, Billie Holiday song
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 21—"Southern trees bear a strange fruit/ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root/ Black body swinging in the Southern breeze/ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." It is one of ...