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Biden signs Emmett Till bill making lynching a federal hate crime
Congress failed to pass anti-lynching legislation over 200 times. source
Biden signs Emmett Till Antilynching Act
President Joe Biden signed legislation making lynching a federal hate crime. The bill is named for Emmett Till, the Black child killed in 1955 after…
What the Emmet Till Antilynching Act means for America
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Deborah Watts, Emmett Till’s cousin, weigh in on the long-awaited bill that declares lynching a federal hate crime. source
Emmett Till’s family reflects on 100-year battle to pass anti-lynching bill | Nightline
Tuesday’s signing of the federal anti-lynching bill has been a moment that Emmett Till’s relatives say has been decades in the making. WATCH NIGHTLINE EPISODES:…
By the Numbers: Emmett Till Antilynching Act
After years of efforts, the Senate unanimously passed legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST &…
New investigation into Emmett Till’s murder | Let the World See E3 l Part 2
More than 30 years after Emmett Till’s murder, the FBI opened a new investigation into the case and exhumed Till’s body to conduct a DNA…
Fighting for justice for Emmett Till | Let the World See E3 l Part 3
As protests erupted in the spring of 2020, Wheeler, Thelma and Ollie continue to fight for justice for their cousin Emmett Till, decades after Mamie…
The fight in Mrs. Mamie Till-Mobley | Let the World See E3 l Part 1
After the men who murdered her son Emmett Till are acquitted, Mamie Till-Mobley became a leader in the young civil rights movement which erupted across…
Despite fearing for his life, key witness Reverend Wright testifies | Let the World See E2 l Part 3
Rev. Moses Wright, Emmett Till’s uncle, testified that the two white men Roy Bryant and J.W. Milman knocked on his door around 2 a.m. and…
Mamie Till-Mobley seeks justice for the brutal murder of her son | Let the World See E2 l Part 2
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milman were indicted for Emmett Till’s murder in July of 1955. Five lawyers volunteered to defend Bryant and Milman to an…
New ABC series ‘Women of the Movement’ shines a light on the mother of Emmett Till | Nightline
The six-part series highlights the role of Mamie Till-Mobley, a mother who turned her grief into a force for change, after her son was brutally…
Mamie Till receives closed casket with Emmett’s body | Let the World See l Part 6
“Well, give me a crowbar, give me whatever. What can they do to me? They’ve taken my son,” Mamie Till-Mobley said after receiving Emmett’s remains…
Emmett’s body found in Tallahatchie River | Let the World See l Part 5
The body is so badly damaged that Emmett can only be identified by a ring on his finger. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett breaks the rules | Let the World See l Part 3
Emmett and his cousins go to a local store, where he whistles at a woman named Carolyn Bryant. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett disappears | Let the World See l Part 4
After white men kidnap Till in the middle of the night, his mother turns his disappearance into a national headline desperate to find her son….
At 14, Emmett heads to Mississippi | Let the World See l Part 2
Emmett’s mother warns him about the rules of the Jim Crow South, where violence is boiling over by the time he arrives. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill…
Mamie and Emmett Till’s early years | Let the World See l Part 1
The family flees the racial violence of the south for Chicago. His father is serving in the army when Emmett’s mother receives a devastating telegram….
Family of Emmett Till speaks out on his 1955 murder l WNT
Nealy 66 years after the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the Department of Justice announced that they’ve officially closed its investigation. WATCH THE FULL…
Anger spreading after fraternity poses at vandalized Emmett Till memorial
The students have been suspended by the Kappa Alpha fraternity but have not been expelled from Ole Miss. source
65 years after Emmett Till’s death, still no federal law against lynching
Till was only 14 when he was murdered after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s store. Now, in the wake of…
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