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Grand jury declines to indict woman whose accusation set off lynching in 1955

A grand jury in the US state of Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed ...

09 Aug 2022 at 20:54

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US congress passes Emmett Till bill to make lynching a hate crime

US congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in America. The bill will now be sent to President Joe Biden to sign into law. Years in the making, the Emmett Till ...

08 Mar 2022 at 09:25

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Whoopi Goldberg: Emmett Till’s story is the epitome of what hate can look like

Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg said she learnt how long the “tentacles of hate” can be through Emmett Till’s story, adding that appearing in the film was the best way to “sound the alarm”. The film titled Till is based on the ...

07 Jan 2023 at 16:27

World

Joe Biden to establish monument for lynched black teenager Emmett Till

President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honouring Emmett Till, the black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and ...

23 Jul 2023 at 07:11

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Joe Biden signs proclamation for monument to lynched black teenager Emmett Till

US President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honouring Emmett Till – the black teenager who was killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi – and his ...

25 Jul 2023 at 18:24

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White woman at centre of notorious Mississippi lynching case dies at 88

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has died at the age of 88. She died on Tuesday night in hospice care ...

27 Apr 2023 at 21:17

World

Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till kidnapping

A relative of Emmett Till is suing to try to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to the black teenager’s brutal lynching. The torture and killing of Till in ...

11 Feb 2023 at 05:08

World

Biden says ‘history matters’ after hosting screening of film Till

President Joe Biden has hosted a screening of the movie Till about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was killed after a white woman said the black 14-year-old had made improper advances towards her. “History ...

16 Feb 2023 at 23:24

World

Emmett Till statue unveiled in Mississippi

Hundreds of people applauded and some wiped away tears as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till. The statue’ location is not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the ...

22 Oct 2022 at 05:56

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