/tags/tim-tyson Tim Tyson en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:58:59 GMT /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/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 /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-13/the-blood-of-emmett-till-examines-the-murder-that-sparked-a-civil-rights-movement In 1955, a group of white men in the Mississippi Delta kidnapped and murdered a young boy named Emmett Till. Till was 14 years old from and was visiting… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-13/the-blood-of-emmett-till-examines-the-murder-that-sparked-a-civil-rights-movement Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2017-07-13/the-blood-of-emmett-till-examines-the-murder-that-sparked-a-civil-rights-movement In 1955, a group of white men in the Mississippi Delta kidnapped and murdered a young boy named Emmett Till. Till was 14 years old from and was visiting… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:50:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2017-07-13/the-blood-of-emmett-till-examines-the-murder-that-sparked-a-civil-rights-movement Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio