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Tallahatchie Apologizes for Role in Till CaseClick here to read the story
New book examines Till Case in "literary imagination"Click here to read the storyFamily sees Till case closedClick here to read the story
Memorial museum to Emmett Till opens in Miss. Woodlawn school renamed after Emmett Till
FBI: No Charges in Emmett Till Case
Till Autopsy May Have Found Bullet Fragments
On Sunday, October 24th, 60 Minutes profiled filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, whose documentary, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, served as the cause and starting point for the US Department of Justice's recent decision to reinvestigate the 1955 murder of fourteen year old youth, Emmett Louis Till.
Conference Examines Emmett Till The murder of Emmett Till and the trial of his accused killers were turning points in the history of the civil rights movement. These events have fascinated historians as well as filmmakers, journalists, literary critics, song writers, and novelists. Most recently, the federal government has reopened the case. This conference will be held at Stillman College, a historical black college founded in 1876. It will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the murder, investigation, and trial and will also explore their broader effects on American society. The last day of the conference will feature an optional guided tour of key sites in Mississippi including Money (where Till was kidnapped), Sumner (where the accused killers were tried), and Mound Bayou (where Till's family members and the black media stayed during the trial). Invited speakers include journalist Juan Williams; Stanley Nelson, producer of the film "The Murder of Emmett Till"; Charles Payne, author of I've Got the Light of Freedom; Christopher Benson, co-author (with Mamie Till-Mobley) of The Death of Innocence: The Hate Crime that Changed America; and Christopher Metress, author of The Lynching of Emmett Till. For more information on this
conference, contact Linda Royster Beito, Chair, Social Sciences,
Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, Email:
lbeito@stillman.edu
Phone: 205-366-8984
Street in Chicago, Illinois, Named After Emmett Till
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