Emmett Till's Chicago family hosts events on 60th anniversary of murder

[Recursion]

Source: Chicago Sun Times

Emmett Till's cousin, Wheeler Parker Jr., speaks just as if it were yesterday, when recounting that fateful week in 1955.

On Aug. 24 of that year, 14-year-old Emmett, visiting from Chicago, allegedly whistled at a white woman in Money, Mississippi.

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"I wanted to do something where we can unite with the contemporary families suffering the same type of tragedy our family suffered 60 years ago," said Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Till’s cousin and co-founder of the foundation.

"With the climate of today, and the murders sparking the #BlackLivesMatters movement, I felt that not only should we celebrate Emmett and Mamie but we should remind people that what happened yesterday is still happening," she said.

Read more: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/913473/emmett-tills-chicago-family-hosts-events-on-60th-anniversary-of-murder

[Omaha Steve]

1. Proud to be the first R!

There is a film in the works.

OS

[Judi Lynn]

3. People need to know. I hope it will be honest. Thanks for the info. n/t

[McCamy Taylor]

2. Fresh tears for Emmett.

[tblue]

4. Oh how sad. Lynching still happening

Now it's by police. Bless Emmett's memory. What they did to him! Oh it's so sad.

[kimbutgar]

5. My uncle knew Emmett growing up in Chicago

He said he was a very nice young kid who was adored by his Mother. He had a lot of self confidence.

[pinboy3niner]

6. His name is engraved on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama...

http://www.splcenter.org/civil-rights-memorial

[Sunlei]

7. Open Caskets

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Emmett...

[dembotoz]

9. The problem is we hear about such things after the fact

Would have been proud to go to an Emmett til event