Emmett Till marker near grocery store site vandalized
Source: CNN
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Updated 9:22 PM ET, Mon June 26, 2017
(CNN)A civil rights marker about Emmett Till on the Mississippi Freedom Trail has been vandalized twice in the past two months, according to the firm that manages the trail.
The historical marker outside the grocery store where 14-year-old Till was accused of whistling at a white woman while visiting his family has to be refurbished due to the damage by vandals, said Allan Hammons, whose company manages the Mississippi Freedom Trail.
He said that in May someone scratched the marker, and over the weekend, it was noticed that someone had peeled off the back of the marker, where it contained photos and writings about Till.
"This site is a significant moment in the civil rights movement," Hammons said. "People were outraged and shocked at this incredible criminal act. What Mississippi chose to do by creating the freedom trail was committing themselves to telling the unvarnished truth."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/us/till-marker-vandalized/index.html
Rampant racism and hate prompted by the hateful racist in the white house continues to accelerate.
This is disgusting, and we need to punish whoever did this as quickly and decisively as possible.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)alfredo
(60,075 posts)Trump has encouraged his followers to act on their bigotry.
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)This time, its not someone with a shotgun or somebody trying to run over or tear down the sign, said Davis Houck, a member of the Emmett Till Memory Project. This time, its more sinister because its carefully thought out. Its not a defacing, but an erasing.
Till has been dead for more than 60 years, but he has never been more alive in the American consciousness, most recently when NBA star LeBron James mentioned the courage of Tills mother after his own home became the target of a racist attack.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/journeytojustice/2017/06/26/another-emmett-till-sign-attacked-and-time-erased/428077001/
George II
(67,782 posts)....(I was only 7 years old) he cried. I never saw him cry before.
sad times. Heartbreaking.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)brer cat
(24,592 posts)I wonder if he vandals were celebrating their "heritage?" I hope they set up a camera and catch them next time.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)It sucks to be the people who did this.