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Chicago Sun-Times

Biden to create Emmett Till national monument at Chicago church where his open casket was displayed

A White House official said Biden will sign a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Chicago and Mississippi.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

A White House official says President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley

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Till to The Beanie Bubble: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A passionate and furious film about a 14-year-old boy killed in the US in the 50s, and a quirky story about Beanie Babies becoming a word-of-mouth craze

The Guardian - UK

Activists push for landmark status at Burr Oak Cemetery, where there are ‘improvements to be made’

More than a decade after scandal hit the historic cemetery, local advocates say there’s still much left to be desired, with wooden markers broken and rain causing Emmett Till’s grave to constantly be submerged.

Chicago Sun-Times

Roberts Temple, site of Emmett Till’s funeral, pushed as national historic site

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, at 40th and State streets, is 101 years old.

Chicago Sun-Times

In Woodlawn, Naomi Davis planted a seed that now will help find green solutions to help Black communities

Her Blacks in Green organization is getting $10 million from the Biden administration to help build on her efforts and expand them across the Midwest.

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The best films of 2023 so far

Cate Blanchett’s unravelling conductor, Spielberg’s semi-memoir and the stop-motion tale of a shell wearing shoes all feature in the pick of the year released in the UK to date

The Guardian - UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted by woman for racist ‘Emmett Till’ attack on Jamaal Bowman

Marjorie Taylor Greene denies her feeling threatened by Jamaal Bowman was about race

The Independent UK

White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Joe Biden pokes fun at his age, calls for release of detained journalists

The dinner celebrated the First Amendment and Biden said, ‘I believe in the First Amendment — not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley to be unveiled in Illinois

A memorial honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will be unveiled Saturday outside the suburban Chicago high school she attended as a young woman, long before she became a critical player in the Civil Rights Movement

The Independent UK

Neighbors and business at odds over crowds, a late U.S. rep’s mob ties and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Emmett Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here's how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making inappropriate advances toward her in 1955, has died at the age of 88 in Louisiana, according to a coroner’s report.

The Conversation

Who was Emmett Till? Woman whose accusation led to murder dies

Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances to her in Mississippi in 1955

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Emmett Till: Woman whose accusation led to lynching of black teenager dies aged 88

Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances to her in Mississippi in 1955

Chicago Sun-Times

After death of Emmett Till’s accuser, Chicago-area cousin says, ‘No one now will be’ held accountable

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. said Thursday, “It is up to all of us to be accountable to the challenges we still face in overcoming racial injustice.”

The Independent UK

Emmett Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant dies, leaving Till family searching for justice and answers

Nobody has been convicted of any crimes in connection with the 14-year-old’s lynching in 1955, Alex Woodward and Josh Marcus report

Daily Mirror

Emmett Till: How a 14-year-old's brutal killing shaped America's civil rights movement

Emmett Till's 1955 lynching and the photo of his body, which his mother wanted the world to see, brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi and the entire United States.

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Al Jazeera

US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies

The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement.

The Guardian - US

Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusation led to death of Emmett Till, dies at 88

Till, 14, beaten and murdered in 1955 crime that shocked America, was accused of lewd comment in Mississippi grocery store

WEKU

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

Emmett Till accuser dies; Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88

The Mississippi lynching of 14-year-old Till became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement when his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral in their hometown of Chicago.

The Independent UK

White woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till’s lynching in 1955 has died

Carolyn Bryant Donham was at the centre of Till’s murder, underscoring a brutal legacy of Jim Crow-era racist violence

The Independent UK

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana

Daily Mirror

Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose wolf-whistling claim led to death of Emmett Till, dies at 88

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was at the centre of Emmett Till's kidnapping and brutal lynching, has died in Louisiana after a battle with cancer. Till's family demanded justice after recovering an old arrest warrant but now the 88-year-old will never face persecution.

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