Tag: Emmett Till
Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
By Darlene Superville
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents typically say a few words before they turn legislation into law. But Joe Biden flipped the script...
Emmett Till’s Chicago House Gets Landmark Status Amid Plans For Black...
By Nina Golgowski
Black Voices
The former Chicago home of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy whose 1955 lynching in Mississippi helped ignite the nation’s civil...
Play imagines conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till
By Richard Friedman
For The Birmingham Times
It was a trip Cameron Mayers had to make, driving 90 miles and 65 years back into history.
Mayers, an...
A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning...
By Avis Thomas-Lester
The Hechinger ReportTrevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at...