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GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where ...
"I am elated that it happened here," Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan said. The Mississippi community of Greenwood erected a towering statue Friday in honor of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old ...
Hundreds of people applauded as Greenwood, Miss., unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen in 1955.
Audience members reach forward to touch and photograph the Emmett Till Memorial Statue following its unveiling, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Greenwood, Miss. White men kidnapped and killed 14-year ...
After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, beaten and lynched in 1955, a statue was erected Friday for the Black teenager in Greenwood, Miss.
The 9-foot bronze statue of Emmett Till coming to Greenwood, Mississippi, is not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen over accusations that he flirted with a white woman.
JACKSON, Miss — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed ...
The year I was 15, I liked nothing better than driving my 1979 Caprice Classic out into the Mississippi Delta.As long as I was in town, I'd follow the speed limit, but as soon as I crossed the ...
When the march reached Greenwood, Mississippi, ... As this pattern of Black unrest and White backlash continued, the media caricature of Black Power gradually became a self-fulfilling prophesy.
The 9-foot bronze statue of Emmett Till coming to Greenwood, Mississippi, is not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen over accusations that he flirted with a white woman.