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President Joe Biden signed a proclamation that designated national monuments in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Till and Mobley were influential in the civil rights movement. In August 1955, two white men tortured and killed 14-year-old Till, a black child, after he whistled at a white shopkeeper’s wife in a Mississippi grocery store. The men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted but later confessed to the crime. Fifty years later, the shopkeeper’s wife, Carolyn Bryant Donham, also admitted to lying about Till touching her. Till’s funeral was held at Roberts Temple ...
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Whoopi Goldberg wants Danielle Deadwyler to get an Oscar for her performance in 'Till'. The 67-year-old actress has produced and stars in the new movie that is based on the true story of Mamie Till, who pursued justice after her 14-year-old son Emmett was the victim of a racist murder in 1955, and feels that Deadwyler is worthy of awards recognition for her performance. Whoopi told the i newspaper: "I would love us to just get a nomination for our movie. That would make me happy. But Danielle? I mean... 'The Woman King' was good. There's a lot of good stuff out there. But can't nobody touch th...
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Whoopi Goldberg committed to 'Till' because she was "interested" in the film. The 66-year-old actress both stars in and produces the movie about Emmett Till – a 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman - and revealed that it was a passion project for her. Speaking to Collider, Whoopi said: "I've only (ever) wanted to do stuff I'm interested in and stuff that I thought was interesting. It doesn't necessarily have to be interesting to other people. "It only has to really interest me, that's always been the same. So getting to do this was a gift becaus...
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A team has found evidence concerning the lynching of civil rights icon Emmett Till – an unserved warrant charging a white woman for his 1955 abduction – and the victim’s family wants her arrested. The warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham, 88, was found last week, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill said. She claimed in 1955, Till touched her and made sexual advances toward her in a family store, during the peak of segregation in the south. “Execute the warrant!” the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation posted on Instagram with a photograph of the warrant. The search group include...
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President Joe Biden has signed an anti-lynching bill into law named afterEmmett Till, a 14-year-old black male who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act makes lynching a federal hate crime in all states. During the ceremony, Biden said that “racial hate isn’t an old problem but it’s a persistent problem. “Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone belongs in America and not everyone is created equal,” Biden said. Under the legislation, perpetrators can be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. Before this legislation was passed, there were mor...
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Whoopi Goldberg has joined the cast of 'Till'. The 65-year-old actress will star as Emmett Till's grandmother Alma Carthan in the upcoming movie, which centres on the story of Till's mother and her fight for justice. Danielle Deadwyler will star in the film as Mamie Till-Mobley, who seeks justice for her son after he's killed by a white mob. Whoopi is also producing the project alongside Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Thomas K. Levine, Michael JP Reilly and Frederick Zollo. The upcoming project is being directed and written by Chinonye Chukwu, and production work is poised to start later t...
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Oprah Winfrey had "flashbacks of Emmett Till" watching the Derek Chauvin trial. The 67-year-old chat-show host admitted to being emotional as she watched the police officer be convicted for the murder of George Floyd, revealing she saw similarities between the case and the story of the 14-year-old African American who was lynched in 1955. In an upcoming interview with Dr Oz - which has been previewed by the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column - she shared: "I watched the verdict live - like so many other people around the world. "I started to tear up and I asked myself, ‘Where is this em...
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