Emmett Till

Woman At Center Of Emmett Till Case Speaks, But Reveals Little

... book, at the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As many people know, Donham was known in 1955 as Carolyn Bryant, the wife of Roy Bryant, who grew up in a clan of bootleggers and grocery store owners whose main shoppers were the poor black sharecroppers of the Delta. One summer afternoon, when Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam were on a trip, the 14-year-old Till entered the store and reportedly made ugly remarks and grabbed Carolyn Bryant by the waist, saying he’d been with white women before. Till, who lived in Chicago, was visiting relatives near Money that summer. The affront was deemed serious enough that Roy Bryant and Milam kidnapped Till from his relatives’ home, then beat him up and took him to a barn on property managed by one of ...

Dog Delivers Newspapers To Residents' Doorsteps

... suspend any such entry until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees is consistent with the national interest. (d)  Pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U. S. C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the entry of more than 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I determine that additional admissions would be in the national interest. (e)  Notwithstanding the temporary suspension imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may jointly determine to admit individuals to the United States as refugees on a case-by-case basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they determine that the admission of such individuals as refugees is in the national interest — including when the person is a ...

Midnight Without A Moon' Fictionalizes Civil Rights Moment Through Eyes Of A Teen

... Jackson joins me now to talk about her new book "Midnight Without A Moon." Thank you so much for being with us. LINDA WILLIAMS JACKSON: Thank you for inviting me. CHANG: So why did you choose to center this story on the murder of Emmett Till? Why did you want to revisit that particular piece of history. JACKSON: Initially, I wanted to write a story about my own family's life in the Mississippi Delta. And some years ago, maybe about 10 or 11 years ago, my mother mentioned Emmett Till. And she was in her 70 s then. She had never mentioned Emmett Till before. And she actually didn't even say his name. I think there might've been something on the news about him, but for the first time, it just really struck me that, wow, this happened right here. And my mom was just a young woman then, and I wanted to explore for myself what it might have felt like for them to have this happen so close to home. CHANG: So where do the two stories of Emmett Till and Rose Lee Carter intersect in this book. JACKSON: Papa, ...

Mattie Smith Colin, Defender Reporter On Emmett Till, Dead At 98

... world see what I’ve seen,” decided on a glass-topped casket for her son’s wake at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ at 40 th and State. The ensuing shock and revulsion helped stoke the civil rights movement. Mrs. Colin never forgot the tragedy of that day, said Eugene F. Scott, former publisher of the Defender. “She wasn’t looking at it like a reporter,” Scott said. “She was looking at it like a mother.”. Mattie Smith Colin covering a 1955 governors’ conference at Chicago’s old Edgewater Beach Hotel. | Supplied photo. Mrs. Colin, 98, of Chicago, died Dec. 6 after a short illness. Starting around 1950, she worked for the Defender for more than half a century. She covered news and politics and served as food and fashion editor. Her reporting was second to none, Scott said. The Defender’s owner-publisher John H. ...

Emmett Till Is The Subject Of Two Books On The Genealogy Of Trauma

... of Emmett Till” unfolds like a movie, moving from scene to reconstructed scene, panning out to help the reader understand the racism and bigotry that crafted the citadel of white supremacy and focusing in on intimate exchanges imbued with meaning. Tyson explains the set of circumstances and thought processes that empowered and legitimized the state of segregation: “the very sight of white and black reporters greeting one another and exchanging notes in a friendly manner shocked the Sumner (Miss.) crowd. Therein was some of the trial’s actual drama, for if almost anyone involved could predict the trial’s verdict, few could predict its consequences,” he writes. Through intimidation and disenfranchisement, African-Americans were excluded from the political system and discouraged from voting due to the threats of retaliation from white mobs inciting ...

Book Commemorating Death Of Emmett Till To Release January 31

... cotton gin fan to the Tallahatchie River where they made him take off his clothes. They then continued the beating, even gouging out one of his eyes, and then shot him in the head. They tied the fan around Till’s neck and threw his body into the river. Miraculously, the body was discovered three days later but could only be identified by a ring Till wore on his hand. The two men were tried and acquitted for Till’s murder, and justice was not served. The men later admitted to killing Till in a magazine interview, but could not be retried. Till’s mother, Mamie, decided to have an open-casket funeral service, so the world could see what these men had done to her only son. Thousands attended the funeral service to honor the young boy who suffered needlessly, and to show support for the boy’s mother and family. It was a launching pad for the civil rights movement and is a story that will never be forgotten. The world will never know what Till would have become, or how he would have been known had he lived. Author Timothy B. Tyson sought out to discover and uncover more of Till’s story to ensure it would ...

Crestview Boe Members Receive Update On The Emmett Till Project

... the tests, Principal Marian Dangerfield said the problem is the competitive nature between schools and making sure the students do their best. — The board welcomed new head girls soccer coach W. Timothy Malone, who most recently coached the boys team at Lordstown High School to a record of 65-19 and was the three-time Trumbull County Coach of the Year during his tenure. Last season, Lordstown advanced to the Division III district finals before losing to Rootstown, 2-1. After sitting through much of the meeting before he was introduced, Malone said much of what he heard on Wednesday only reinforced his decision to come to Crestview. Part of that was the way he sees Crestview and its students represent themselves on the fields. “I’m also honored and privileged,” Malone said, using words he had heard others say earlier in the evening, “to join this great team that’s here. I look forward to working with these student athletes.”. — Student board member Dawson Bennett reported on the maker space program at the school, which is giving students interested in ...

Activist Leads Discussion

... to the site in Mississippi where Till visited a candy store. Reports at the time noted Till spoke to the white, female shop owner, an unforgivable act in the Jim Crow south. The visit triggered a series of events that led to Till being tortured and killed. Roy Bryant, the shop owner's husband, and J. W. Milam, Bryant's half-brother, were acquitted of kidnapping and murdering Till. After the trial, the two brazenly admitted to the murder. Till's butchered body was returned to his native Chicago. Miller held up a brick he found outside the now dilapidated candy store. He does not forget that Till was a victim of a heinous crime, fueled by hate and prejudice. Miller said the Black Lives Movement is similar to the feelings he had 40, 50, or more years ago. During the Black Lives Matter sit it, Miller said he heard the same ugly, racist marks he was subjected to in the 1960 s. "You have to love, but it doesn't mean I like them," he said. "It's the very foundation before ...

John Edgar Wideman Explores The Emmett Till Case

... 14, the same age as Till, in 1955, and he was traumatized by the Jet photos. For years, he said, he tried to write a novel or short story about the case. In time, however, he became intrigued by a darker corner of the state - the fate of Emmett Till's father Louis. At the murder trial, the story was that Louis Till had been killed in World War II. In October 1955, someone leaked confidential Army files to the Jackson (Miss.) Daily News, showing that Till had in fact been court-martialed for rape and murder and was hanged by Army executioners in Italy on July 2, 1945. Wideman credits the revelation with derailing efforts to try Emmett Till's killers on federal kidnapping charges. (The Till case was a severe embarrassment to the United States in the midst of the Cold War.). This fact set Wideman off on an effort to recover what was left of Louis Till, ...