EMMETT TILL

The white woman whose accusations prompted the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 talks in a memoir about getting preferential treatment from Mississippi authorities soon after the killing.

It is now increasingly unlikely that Carolyn Bryant Donham will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to Till's lynching.

A grand jury declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in 1955. The grand jury determined that there was not sufficient evidence.

A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago.

A grand jury in 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lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and an unpublished memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday. After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter, Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson said in a news release.

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A preservation organization said the home will get a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

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

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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The unserved warrant was for Carolyn Bryant on a charge of kidnapping in the Till murder.

The unserved warrant was for Carolyn Bryant on a charge of kidnapping in the Till murder.

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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.

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The white woman who said Emmett Till flirted with her, an action that in the 1950s led to his brutal slaying, may have an outstanding […]

Relatives of Emmett Till have been stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into his lynching in Mississippi in 1955.

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The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law.

President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed.

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The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law.

Relatives of Emmett Till are asking authorities to reverse their decision to close an investigation of his 1955 lynching and instead prosecute a white woman at the center of the case.

Legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime and prevent racist killers from evading justice was introduced more than 200 times but never once passed into law, according to U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.

Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act would amend the United States Code to designate lynching a hate crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

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Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman at a grocery store in rural Mississippi.

Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman at a grocery store in rural Mississippi.

The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

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The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never be solved.

The Justice Department has closed its investigation of Emmett Till’s slaying, yet agents are still probing as many as 20 other civil rights cold cases.

The Justice Department reopened the investigation after a 2017 book quoted Carolyn Bryant Donham as saying she lied about Till touching her.

The department reopened its investigation in 2017 of the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.

Till’s murder is one of the most infamous acts of racial violence in our country’s history. The department conducted the investigation as part of its Cold Case Initiative and pursuant to the passage of the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act (Till Act). Because there were no federal hate crime statutes at the time of Till’s death, the case was not then opened for federal investigation. In 2004, the department opened an investigation into Till’s murder as part of its Cold Case Initiative, but determined after a thorough review that it lacked jurisdiction to bring federal charges. As such, even if a living suspect could now be identified, a federal prosecution for Till’s abduction and murder would not be possible.

The U.S. Justice Department is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager Emmett Till.

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A professor at Medill along with several surviving members of the Till family announced the creation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute at Northwestern University aimed at carrying on Till-Mobley’s educational activism.

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The sign dedicated to the 14-year-old appears to have been hit by a car and removed.

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back. His name was Emmett Till.

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Chicago's city council voted Wednesday to designate the home where Emmett Till lived before his brutal death as a landmark. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House, located in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood, will now be converted into a museum. The former home of Emmett Till at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago, seen on Nov. 9, 2017. Decades later, Bryant recanted her claims, according to author Tim Tyson, who interviewed her for his book "The Blood of Emmett Till." "We are hopeful that this Chicago Landmark Designation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House will serve as a monument to the Till Family," Miller said.

The South Side home of Emmett Till and his mother — where the boy was living when he was tortured and murdered during a 1955 trip to Mississippi — was granted city landmark status by the City Council on Wednesday as a group seeks to turn it into a museum.

MUSKEGON, MI – Throughout February, Hackley Public Library is hosting a series of virtual events to celebrate and honor Black History Month. “By having this great month, it really dives into the culture and dives into all these great things and this amazing history,” said Mallory Metzger, Hackley Public Library’s marketing and program coordinator. The line-up includes:The trivia contest and poetry night are two staples of Hackley’s Black History Month celebration. “We find all cultures, all races, all creeds, all genders coming here.”A $25,000 donation from Bess Commodore, a former Hackley Public Library patron, has been funding the annual Black History Month events since 2011. Hackley Public Library remains open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for some in-person services.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)COLUMBIA, S.C. – In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has since Reconstruction. Mike Espy and Adrian Perkins, meanwhile, are launching spirited bids for the Senate in Mississippi and Louisiana, respectively. The Senate currently has three Black members: Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California. “The more competitive races are, and Black candidates win those competitive races, it diminishes this worry that Black candidates can’t win,” Abrams recently told The Associated Press. In Mississippi, Espy is trying for a second time to become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction with his challenge to Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

WASHINGTON – Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, a Republican and a Democratic senator said Wednesday. She remained a Civil Rights activist in honor of her slain son for the rest of her life. Till-Mobley created the Emmett Till Players, where teenagers traveled throughout the country presenting the speeches of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She also was one of the founders of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign, which pushed for the re-investigation of Till's murder. President George W. Bush signed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, which allows cold civil rights cases to be reopened, into law in 2008.

"The Power of August" "The Power of August" looks back at transformational moments in American civil rights history that happened in the month of August. Anchored by Maurice DuBois, "The Power of August" is comprised of four acts, each told in eight minutes and 46 seconds — the approximate duration of time a Minneapolis police officer had his knee on George Floyd's neck. Each act explores stories of powerful and historic August events, beginning with Emmett Till's murder, then the March on Washington, Ferguson and the power of the vote in 2020.

2004: The Murder of Emmett Till In 2004, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley reported on the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching victims legacy through her foundation, has died at her home in Chicago. She had kidney problems for decades, including two transplants, according to her mother, Ollie Gordon, who was Tills cousin. In 2009, Gordon-Taylor named her foundation after Tills mother, calling it the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation. Tills death helped energize the civil rights movement. Gordon-Taylors work included youth empowerment, such as teaching young people oratory skills, and civil rights issues.

WASHINGTON Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated. It designates lynching as a federal hate crime punishable by up to life in prison, a fine, or both. Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, called lynching a lasting legacy of slavery. "For far too long Congress has failed to take a moral stand and pass a bill to finally make lynching a federal crime.

Donations have poured in for a memorial dedicated to Emmett Till in Mississippi after white supremacists were caught filming a propaganda video in front of the monument over the weekend. Patrick Weems, executive director at the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, told CBS News on Monday that the non-profit has received more than $10,000 since the incident on Saturday. White supremacist group at Emmett Till marker A white supremacist group visited our Emmett Till historic marker, dedicated just weeks ago, today. Following the incident, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanked them for "reminding us why this work matters" and asked people for donations. Weems told CBS News that they received more than $10,000, which will go toward the Emmett Till Memory Project.

Allan Hammons via CNNSUMNER, Mississippi (CNN) - A memorial sign marking Emmett Till's death that was riddled with bullet holes earlier this year was rededicated Saturday -- this time with bulletproof glass. Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said more than 100 people, including members of Till's family from Chicago, attended a ceremony near Sumner, Mississippi, rededicating the new and improved sign. Weems said the sign, which cost more than $10,000, weighs more than 500 pounds and is surrounded by security cameras. The sign appeared to be riddled with bullet holes in the photo, which was first published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica. When the marker was replaced, it was riddled with bullet holes.

A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the new marker was dedicated Saturday. This image from the Emmett Till Interpretive Center shows the vandalized historical marker in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Emmett Till Interpretive CenterThe new 500-pound steel sign has a glass bulletproof front, Weems said. "For 50 years nobody talked about Emmett Till," Weems said.

A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. The 14-year-old African American teen was kidnapped, beaten and killed in 1955, hours after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the new marker was dedicated Saturday. This is the fourth historical marker at the site. "For 50 years nobody talked about Emmett Till," Weems said.

Three University of Mississippi students were suspended from their fraternity after a photo showing them posing with guns in front of a sign memorializing Emmett Till surfaced. (CNN) - A bullet-riddled memorial sign for Emmett Till at the center of a photo showing three white University of Mississippi students posing with guns is now gone. Patrick Weems, the executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the group began to mark every site that was part of Emmett's story after community leaders offered his family an apology for the first time about 10 years ago. "For 50 years our community didn't want to talk about Emmett Till, they just wanted to forget it," Weems said. "That Emmett Till did not die in vain.

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Three University of Mississippi students were suspended from their fraternity after a photo showing them posing with guns in front of a sign memorializing Emmett Till surfaced. - Three white University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity after a photo showing them posing with guns in front of a sign memorializing Emmett Till surfaced earlier this week. Deborah Watts, Emmett's cousin and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, said she saw the photo Thursday and doesn't know who may have vandalized the sign. A bulletproof sign will be installedThe sign has been vandalized on multiple occasions, and stolen at least once, according to the Emmett Till Memorial Commission -- the group responsible for the sign. What happened to Emmett Till?

The sale of the photo archive of Ebony and Jet magazines chronicling African American history is generating relief among some who worried the historic images may be lost. Ebony and Jet, for more than half a century, stood as the epitome of a black-owned business. "You have to do what you have to do," Roy Douglas Malonson, publisher of the Houston-based African American News & Issues newspaper, said. The Smithsonian is expected to be the public steward of what is considered one of the most significant collections of photographs cataloguing African American life. "My uncle, bless his heart, had around 30 to 40 years' worth of Jet magazines," she said.

Tree planted on Capitol Hill commemorates Emmett Till Chicago teen Emmett Till was brutally killed in 1955 for whistling at a white woman – an event that helped spur the nation's civil rights movement. Till is now being memorialized on Capitol Hill.