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THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL | ARTICLE

The Legacy of the Lynching of Emmett Till

Dispelling myths to learn how the Black response to racist murder transformed America

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/legacy-lynching-emmett-till/

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THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL | ARTICLE

Mamie Till Mobley

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/

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When the murder trial of Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam opened in Sumner, Mississippi, on a steamy September morning in 1955, few realized the town would be forever linked to the brutal slaying of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-trial-jw-milam-and-roy-bryant/

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Roy and Carolyn Bryant and J. W. Milam will always be linked to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. In the minds of many, they live in history as the trio that got away with murder.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-roy-carolyn-bryant-and-jw-milam/

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-sheriff-clarence-strider/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/emmett-tills-open-casket-funeral-reignited-the-civil-rights-movement-180956483/

https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-carolyn-bryant

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM67254

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/emmett-till-accuser-carolyn-bryant-donham-arrest-warrant-found-1955-kidnapping/#app 

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/09/13/what-happened-key-figures-emmett-till-case/1275626002/  

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eleanor-race/

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/9/22661228/emmett-till-burial-burr-oak-cemetery

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Emmett_Till_and_Mamie_Till-Mobley_House_report.pdf

https://alexusrenee.com/remembering-a-long-list-of-black-people-murdered-by-white-police-white-civilians-blacklivesmatter/ 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-lynching-violent-deaths-reflect-brutal-american-legacy 

https://www.msdeltaheritage.com/blog/2017/5/10/a-special-visit-to-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-and-i-cried-

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/plaque-unveiled-at-emmett-tills-home-as-group-works-to-repair-restore-it/

https://wgntv.com/news/house-makes-lynching-a-federal-crime-65-years-after-murder-of-emmett-till/?ipid=promo-link-block2

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20200827/281500753634800

https://thegrio.com/2022/07/08/emmett-till-supporters-searching-for-his-accuser/?fbclid=IwAR04IZ9-q5_aGt4QYJiZ4bRylo0wNUc38-iB6eJE9xe4t5QFJ-u_fWZgEK8 

https://www.ranker.com/list/emmett-till-civil-rights-movement/genevieve-carlton?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=historypost&pgid=642850749204637&utm_campaign=emmett-till-civil-rights-movement&fbclid=IwAR3vqvkb8O88AtQUNb8PESaG823ShtX5MuYMkPJIf9ns1-RrqxHaJllMjKU

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/books/review/blood-of-emmett-till-timothy-b-tyson.html

https://playbill.com/article/emmett-till-a-new-american-opera-to-premiere-at-john-jay-college

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/03/22/emmett-till-opera-protest/

https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2022/03/23/1088169711/a-new-opera-about-emmett-till-is-criticized-for-being-written-by-a-white-woman

https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/blow-shed-no-tears-for-carolyn-bryant-donham/article_9fc9e847-cd6a-5499-8299-5a2f8b0bb302.html

https://www.salon.com/2022/03/12/emmett-tills-family-petitioning-for-charge/ 

https://www.bet.com/article/r43pj6/emmett-till-accuser-carolyn-bryant-donham-seen-first-time-20-years?cid=BET__FBPAGE___7350804915&linkId=175733907&fbclid=IwAR0FCou5tt_y0a_v59CkdfdQQSdzk5gFikIGqt_JZPUSZ5sBEkkNxJ4TM2c

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/emmett-till

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mississippi-city-greenwood-unveil-emmett-till-memorial-statue/story?id=91859237&fbclid=IwAR2EFWK7MiXZoD1-uyXYZ2GtwGCEKjy_JyjuenrsLKp6m5e4XV8mVn-xqeo

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1162677900/emmett-till-wheeler-parker?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR1mNj5bUCYvqlGZ0idzrzgni7g-HnxTroYGk-4BSOOfkPew_yM1P5KDhEE

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