Expert on Emmett Till case says there'll never be justice after accuser's death
Carolyn Bryant Donham claimed Till accosted her in a store, leading to the 14-year-old's lynching.
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Carolyn Bryant Donham claimed Till accosted her in a store, leading to the 14-year-old's lynching.
The lynching of Chicago teenager Emmett Till helped spark the country’s civil rights movement, but there will never be justice in the case. That’s what one local expert is saying about Till’s 1955 murder after news that his accuser, a white woman from Mississippi had died.
Till's lynching fueled a growing civil rights movement.
Artist Sonja Henderson started sculpting the 850-pound Till-Mobley statue in 2021, using hundreds of pounds of clay.
A southwest suburban high school will soon unveil a statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till. The 14-year-old boy was murdered in Mississippi in 1955. His mother insisted her son's casket be open for all to see what happened to him. She also became instrumental in the fight for civil rights. An artist created the sculpture in clay and CBS 2's Shardaa Gray was there when it was dropped off at Argo Community High School.
A southwest suburban high school will soon unveil a statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmitt Till. The 14-year-old boy was murdered in Mississippi in 1955. His mother insisted her son's casket be open for all to see what happened to him. She also became instrumental in the fight for civil rights.
In 2007 Carolyn Bryant Donham, now in her late 80s, recanted her accusations and admitted Till never haraased her.
In 2007 Carolyn Bryant Donham, now in her late 80s, recanted her accusations and admitted Till never haraased her.
The DuSable Black History Museum is hosting a live performance of 'Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till.'
The Emmy-award-winning production shows a re-enactment of the court proceedings during the murder trial of Emmett Till.
A south suburban high school will break ground on a memorial honoring Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley,
A south suburban high school broke ground Friday morning on a memorial honoring Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley. Till-Mobley graduated from Argo Community High School in Summit, where her statue will soon stand.
Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will be honored Friday at her alma mater in southwest suburban Summit. Till-Mobley became an icon of the civil rights movement after her son was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. She graduated from Argo Community High School, which is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday as it works to build a sculpture and memorial in her honor.
Till-Mobley became a civil rights icon when she insisted her son have an open casket funeral after he was lynched in Mississippi back in 1955.
It has been more than 60 years since the horrific lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi.
It has been 67 years since the horrific lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till – and now, his story is being told on the big screen.
It has been 67 years since the horrific lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till – and now, his story is being told on the big screen.
A grand jury considered evidence and testimony regarding Carolyn Bryant Donham's involvement in the kidnapping and death of Till.
"We anticipate the museum would be on the first floor of the building. We would have caretaker space in the basement of the building. The second floor of the building, we hope to recreate the apartment as it was when Mamie and Emmett lived there."
Emmett Till's relatives say they want Carolyn Bryant Donham brought to justice.
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