Emmett Till
Years in the making, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is finally headed to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law.
Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J. and Richard Burr, R-N.C., introduced the bill to honor Till and his mother with the highest civilian honor that Congress awards.
The DOJ closed its investigation after finding “insufficient evidence” that a white woman had recanted her claims that led to the Black 14-year-old’s lynching.
A nonprofit plans to turn his home into a pilgrimage site, educating visitors about the slain teen's life while "rewriting the narrative of who Black people are.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“We witnessed an assault on America’s democracy," the vice president-elect said.
The writer of "Jig-a-Bobo" talked about including Emmett Till, the purpose of Topsy and Bopsy and other hidden symbols in the show.
From civil rights to Black Lives Matter, “we are still in the middle of this moment,” said professor Charles McKinney.
The bill, which was named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated.
In Mississippi, there’s an ongoing debate over who, if anyone, gets to tell the story of Emmett Till.
The civil rights martyr was memorialized on the shore of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi, near where his body was discovered in 1955.