/tags/emmett-till Emmett Till en-US Copyright Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:53:07 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-10/till-movie-forgotten-oscars-mound-bayou-mississippi Leoneda Inge speaks with the director of the Mound Bayou Museum in the Mississippi Delta and how it features articles and props from the "Women of the Movement" miniseries about the lynching of Black teenager, Emmett Till. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:53:07 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-10/till-movie-forgotten-oscars-mound-bayou-mississippi Leoneda Inge /news/2022-08-10/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-woman-in-emmett-till-killing A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized the modern civil rights movement. Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:58:59 GMT /news/2022-08-10/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-woman-in-emmett-till-killing Associated Press /news/2022-08-05/emmett-till-and-the-1955-warrant-for-carolyn-bryant-donhams-arrest In August 1955, Chicago teenager Emmett Till died a gruesome death. The Black boy was lynched, while visiting family in Mississippi. No one has ever been convicted of the crime, but an unserved warrant was recently discovered for Carolyn Bryant Donham. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:33:44 GMT /news/2022-08-05/emmett-till-and-the-1955-warrant-for-carolyn-bryant-donhams-arrest Leoneda Inge /news/2022-07-15/emmett-till-accuser-in-memoir-denies-wanting-teen-killed The white woman who was at the center of the 1955 lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi denies wanting him killed. The claim comes in a memoir by Carolyn Bryant Donham that was obtained by The Associated Press. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:06:39 GMT /news/2022-07-15/emmett-till-accuser-in-memoir-denies-wanting-teen-killed Associated Press /arts-culture/2022-03-28/dar-he-artistic-advocacy-mike-wiley-emmett-till-playwright The North Carolina-based playwright and actor Mike Wiley has spent the past 15 years performing his one-man show "Dar He," educating audiences about the 1955 murder and lynching of Emmett Till. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:35:16 GMT /arts-culture/2022-03-28/dar-he-artistic-advocacy-mike-wiley-emmett-till-playwright Leoneda Inge /news/2021-12-07/emmett-till-investigation-closed-feds-no-new-charges-donham-tyson Officials reopened an investigation after a 2017 book quoted Carolyn Bryant Donham as saying she lied when she claimed Till grabbed her. The Justice Department says there's insufficient evidence to prove Donham ever told the author that any part of her trial testimony was untrue. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:58:57 GMT /news/2021-12-07/emmett-till-investigation-closed-feds-no-new-charges-donham-tyson Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-14/tim-tyson-born-into-dissent Timothy Tyson is known as an award-winning writer and historian. His books “Blood Done Sign My Name” and “The Blood of Emmett Till” capture a point in… Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:21:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-14/tim-tyson-born-into-dissent Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-01-14/tim-tyson-born-into-dissent Timothy Tyson is known as an award-winning writer and historian. His books “Blood Done Sign My Name” and “The Blood of Emmett Till” capture a point in… Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:21:01 GMT /race-demographics/2019-01-14/tim-tyson-born-into-dissent Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2018-07-12/duke-researchers-book-prompts-reopening-of-emmett-till-murder-case The federal government has reopened an investigation into the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till based on information published in a Duke professor’s… Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:44:11 GMT /race-demographics/2018-07-12/duke-researchers-book-prompts-reopening-of-emmett-till-murder-case James Morrison /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/a-north-carolina-director-to-root-for-at-the-oscars When film aficionados around the state tune in to the Oscars this Sunday, there are a couple North Carolina connections to look out for. “Three Billboards… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:25:51 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/a-north-carolina-director-to-root-for-at-the-oscars Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio