Emmett Till News
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Q&A: One of Little Rock 9 speaks with daughter, a history maker in the making
10:01 AM on 02/08/2010
Minnijean Brown Trickey has led a life of activism in the areas of civil rights and human rights. Her daughter, Spirit Trickey-Rowan, is one of theGrio's 100: History Makers in the Making...
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theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
12:10 PM on 12/20/2009
VIDEO - In light of the discovery of raided graves at the cemetery where he was buried, theGrio looks back at the life of lynching victim Emmett Till...
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The Smithsonian accepts Emmett Till's casket
5:02 PM on 09/03/2009
From our friends at essence.com: After 54 years, the story of Emmett Till is still making news. Till was just 14 years old when he was brutally beaten, shot in the head, and dumped in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a White woman. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley,...
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Cemetery owner denies involvement in desecration
1:50 PM on 07/15/2009
The owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery that's been closed by authorities amid allegations that workers dug up bodies and resold plots says he had nothing to do with the alleged wrongdoing.
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Investigation begins at historic black cemetery
12:43 PM on 07/14/2009
The grisly work of the investigation is getting under way at a historic African-American cemetery as an FBI forensic team starts combing the most northern section of its grounds for unearthed remains. One of Chicago's first African-American cemeteries, Burr Oaks, was the resting place of many important historical figures, including...
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Emmett Till's cousin speaks on cemetery scandal
5:24 PM on 07/11/2009
In suburban Chicago a scandal at an historic black cemetery got worse a day after four cemetery workers were charged with digging up bodies to re-sell gravesites. Hundreds came to the Burr Oak Cemetery trying to locate family members they thought had been laid to rest. Four cemetery employees are...
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Stories of the grave and pool reflect the past
5:10 PM on 07/10/2009
The recent discovery of Emmett Till's original casket in a rusting shed, yards away from where he was laid to rest by his mother, Ms. Mamie Bradley, in 1955 brought back memories of an ugly past. If you recall, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago youth, was brutally lynched by racists...
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Emmett Till's casket found rusting in shack
11:51 AM on 07/10/2009
ALSIP, Illinois (AP) -- While Till's grave site was not disturbed, Sheriff Tom Dart said investigators found his original iconic glass-topped casket rusting in a shack at the cemetery...
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Graves dug up and resold at cemetery where Emmett Till is buried
10:49 AM on 07/09/2009
Families whose loved ones were buried at Chicago's Burr Oak Cemetery are flocking to the grounds to find out if their plots are safe after investigators said as many as 100 graves were dug up so they could be resold. Often called the first African-American cemetery in Chicago, Alsip's Burr...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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