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Family of 14-year-old Emmett Till murdered in 1955 seeks arrest as film opens

Nobody has ever served time for the African-American teenager’s murder, which is the subject of a film, Till, that opens on Friday

Evening Standard

Emmett Till’s family call for woman’s arrest after 67-year-old warrant found

The relatives of Emmett Till, an African-American teenager who was lynched and tortured in 1955, have demanded a woman be arrested after an unserved warrant was discovered nearly 70 years on.

Evening Standard

Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found

A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.

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New twist in Emmett Till lynching as investigators discover 1955 arrest warrant for his white accuser

Family seeks immediate arrest of woman linked to kidnapping and murder of Black teenager

The Independent UK

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping

The Independent UK

‘Let the people see’: Emmett Till, Uvalde and photos that can spark change

If shocking photos like those of Emmett Till ever do leak out, and I hope they do, they won’t chasten the NRA or the gun manufacturers or their bought-and-paid-for stooges in the Senate. But they might motivate those who already know that this can’t go on.

Chicago Sun-Times

After Uvalde shooting, people consider an ‘Emmett Till moment’ to change gun debate

When Ollie Gordon scrolls through social media and her emails, the notifications always come in like clockwork.

Los Angeles Times

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Should we see their faces?

After the slaughter in Texas, some suggest that gruesome photos of young victims might spur our inert nation to action.

Chicago Sun-Times

Robin Abcarian: We don't have to live like this. Our children don't have to die like this

I've always wondered how vigorously gun-loving Americans would defend assault rifles if they were forced to see up close the damage the weapons inflict on human bodies.

Los Angeles Times

Black lives and Black death

Marc Lamont Hill on how George Floyd's martyrdom changed America, and why cops and prisons can't deliver justice

Salon

A white librettist wrote an opera about Emmett Till – and some critics are calling for its cancellation

“Are Black audiences, actors, and producers simply conditioned to having their stories told by white counterparts?” screenwriter and director Darian Lane, who is Black, wondered in a 2021 op-ed for Ebony.

The Conversation

Tony Norman: Yesterday, a child was murdered ...

PITTSBURGH — Lynching is now a federal hate crime. President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Law into effect on March 29 at the White House. It took more than a century and 200 attempts by lawmakers to get legislation to a president's desk.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Wiping away the stains of racism

On March 29, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime. Though we celebrate this historic moment, many are left questioning why this legislation took more than 100 years to enact.

Tribune News Service

Biden signs Emmett Till anti-lynching bill: Rep. Bobby Rush championed measure for years

“Lynching is not a relic of the past,” said Vice President Kamala Harris.

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The Guardian - US

Joe Biden signs landmark law making lynching a hate crime

Kamala Harris and relatives of Ida B Wells and Emmett Till attend ceremony marking Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Tribune News Service

Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law

President Joe Biden has signed legislation to finally define lynching as a federal hate crime.

Al Jazeera

‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime

Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

AFP

Biden signs law finally making lynching a hate crime

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill finally making racist lynchings a federal hate crime, ending more than a century of delays in outlawing the symbol of what he called "pure terror."

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's behind the new federal anti-lynching law?

The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law

Axios

Biden signs into law first anti-lynching bill in U.S. history

The historic bill makes lynching a federal hate crime and comes after more than 200 attempts to codify federal anti-lynching legislation.

Roll Call

Biden signs federal anti-lynching bill into law - Roll Call

Hate crime conspiracies leading to serious injury or death would be subject to federal sentences of up to 30 years under the new law.

Mic

Who gets to tell Emmett Till's story?

Students are protesting an opera they claim centers white guilt. The show’s creators completely disagree.

Los Angeles Times

Taraji P. Henson isn’t here to debate Jussie Smollett’s innocence. She wants him freed

“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson is defending her TV son, Jussie Smollett, after the actor was recently convicted on charges of staging a hate crime and sentenced to 150 days in jail.

The Independent UK

Emmett Till’s family calls for murder charges against accuser in 1955 lynching

Justice Department reopened, then closed, renewed probe into Black teenager’s killing

Salon

Emmett Till's family seeks justice

A murder charge is being sought for Carolyn Donham, who made accusations that led to Till's death 66 years ago

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