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Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching

Mississippi's attorney general has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago

The Independent UK

Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed

The white woman who was at the center of the 1955 lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi denies wanting him killed

The Independent UK

Emmett Till's family says 'white pedestal' theory has denied them justice for decades

The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.

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Who was Emmett Till? What to know about his death and legacy

RALEIGH, N.C. — In 1955, a white woman alleged that a Black teenager whistled at, grabbed and said obscene things to her in her grocery store in Mississippi. The result? A brutal kidnapping, beating and murder in the Jim Crow South.

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Editorial: Will Emmett Till’s accuser learn you can’t outlive justice?

It has been an important year for the memory and impact of Emmett Till’s life and terrible death. That alone shows how slow justice can be for people of color in America.

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Activists swarm NC senior living facility in search of woman named in arrest warrant in Emmett Till’s murder

A senior living facility in North Carolina was flooded with protesters in search of Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of making improper advances prior to his kidnapping and murder in 1955.

Tribune News Service

Serving 1955 arrest warrant in Emmett Till case might not lead to justice

The question for a prosecutor considering possible charges would be whether anything more than headlines would result from an arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham.

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Emmett Till's family find clue 70 years after black teen lynched and thrown in river

The Mirror is the first news outlet to be given exclusive access to the original arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances toward her in 1955

Daily Mirror

Family of 14-year-old Emmett Till murdered in 1955 seeks arrest as film opens

Nobody has ever served time for the African-American teenager’s murder, which is the subject of a film, Till, that opens on Friday

Evening Standard

Emmett Till’s family call for woman’s arrest after 67-year-old warrant found

The relatives of Emmett Till, an African-American teenager who was lynched and tortured in 1955, have demanded a woman be arrested after an unserved warrant was discovered nearly 70 years on.

Evening Standard

Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found

A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.

WEKU

New twist in Emmett Till lynching as investigators discover 1955 arrest warrant for his white accuser

Family seeks immediate arrest of woman linked to kidnapping and murder of Black teenager

The Independent UK

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping

The Independent UK

‘Let the people see’: Emmett Till, Uvalde and photos that can spark change

If shocking photos like those of Emmett Till ever do leak out, and I hope they do, they won’t chasten the NRA or the gun manufacturers or their bought-and-paid-for stooges in the Senate. But they might motivate those who already know that this can’t go on.

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After Uvalde shooting, people consider an ‘Emmett Till moment’ to change gun debate

When Ollie Gordon scrolls through social media and her emails, the notifications always come in like clockwork.

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Should we see their faces?

After the slaughter in Texas, some suggest that gruesome photos of young victims might spur our inert nation to action.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: We don't have to live like this. Our children don't have to die like this

I've always wondered how vigorously gun-loving Americans would defend assault rifles if they were forced to see up close the damage the weapons inflict on human bodies.

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The Conversation

A white librettist wrote an opera about Emmett Till – and some critics are calling for its cancellation

“Are Black audiences, actors, and producers simply conditioned to having their stories told by white counterparts?” screenwriter and director Darian Lane, who is Black, wondered in a 2021 op-ed for Ebony.

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: Yesterday, a child was murdered ...

PITTSBURGH — Lynching is now a federal hate crime. President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Law into effect on March 29 at the White House. It took more than a century and 200 attempts by lawmakers to get legislation to a president's desk.

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Commentary: Wiping away the stains of racism

On March 29, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime. Though we celebrate this historic moment, many are left questioning why this legislation took more than 100 years to enact.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden signs Emmett Till anti-lynching bill: Rep. Bobby Rush championed measure for years

“Lynching is not a relic of the past,” said Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden signs landmark law making lynching a hate crime

Kamala Harris and relatives of Ida B Wells and Emmett Till attend ceremony marking Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Tribune News Service

Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law

President Joe Biden has signed legislation to finally define lynching as a federal hate crime.

Al Jazeera

‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime

Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

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