Arts and Culture Entertainment History Lifestyle On Emmett Till’s 81st Birthday Orion Pictures, United Artists Announce ‘Till’ World PremiereBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJuly 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJuly 25, 2022July 25, 20222426 Happy Birthday Emmett Till — grab tickets to the 60th New York Film Festival and catch the world premiere of Till....
News Emmett Till’s Home Receives Funds For Upkeep From Cultural Preservation OrganizationYolanda BaruchJuly 20, 2022July 20, 2022 by Yolanda BaruchJuly 20, 2022July 20, 2022591 The house Emmett Till lived in with his mother before he traveled to Chicago's South Side in 1955 received a grant from a cultural preservation...
Black Lives Matter Legal News Mississippi Officials Do Not Plan To Prosecute Emmett Till Accuser Carolyn Bryant DonhamWendy MedinaJuly 17, 2022 by Wendy MedinaJuly 17, 202212580 “There’s no new evidence to open the case back up,” said chief of staff for Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Michelle Williams....
News Carolyn Bryant Donham Claims She Tried to Protect Emmett Till Before Husband Killed Him in Unpublished MemoirCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 15, 2022July 15, 20228956 Carolyn Bryant Donham says she tried to protect Emmitt Till by telling her husband, Roy that "He’s not the one. That’s not him."...
News Emmett Till Protestors March Inside Senior Living Facility Demanding Arrest of Woman Behind The CaseJeroslyn JohnsonJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Jeroslyn JohnsonJuly 8, 2022July 8, 20221253 Sixty-seven years after the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a group of protestors is taking action to get the woman behind the case arrested....
News Emmett Till’s Family Implores Authorities to Arrest White Woman Who Falsely Accused Boy on Outstanding Kidnap Warrant From 1955Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 28, 2022April 28, 202250859 Emmett Till's family believes that the white woman, who alleges that Till whistled at her may have an outstanding warrant for his kidnapping...
Black Lives Matter Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Leadership News Politics President Biden Signs Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act Into Law After More Than 100 Years Of Failed EffortsDerek MajorMarch 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Derek MajorMarch 30, 2022March 30, 2022828 President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Till Antilynching Bill into law Tuesday, ending an effort that took more than 100 years to complete...
News Emmett Till’s Cousin Responds To Taraji P. Henson Referencing His Case In Her Plea To Free Jussie SmollettAtiya JordanMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022 by Atiya JordanMarch 16, 2022March 16, 202212547 Emmett Till's cousin, Deborah Watts, said she appreciated Taraji P. Henson's reference to Till's unsolved 1955 lynching case....
News House Finally Passes Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act Making Lynching A Federal Hate CrimeJeroslyn JohnsonMarch 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by Jeroslyn JohnsonMarch 1, 2022March 1, 2022386 After failing to pass anti-lynching bills more than 200 times since 1900, The House finally passed a bill making lynching a federal hate crime....
Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Education Men News Politics Senate Passes Bill To Award Emmett Till And His Mother The Congressional Gold MedalDerek MajorJanuary 12, 2022January 12, 2022 by Derek MajorJanuary 12, 2022January 12, 20221270 The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley....