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Emmett Till: Confronting White Supremacy

Michael Datcher / Truthdig May 4, 2023 A shocking picture provided clarity on grotesque fear. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Congress Makes Lynching a Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 26, 2020 The law comes 120 years after Congress first considered such legislation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Now Is Not the Time for Democrats to Waver

Bill Blum / Truthdig Nov 28, 2019 This is a time when principle must prevail over pragmatism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Civil Rights, a Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 4, 2019 The struggle—far from finished—was never as finite or clear-cut as the myth that persists in our collective memory. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Author of Emmett Till Book Gave FBI Interview Recordings

Jay Reeves and Allen G. Breed / The Associated Press Jul 13, 2018 After receiving unspecified new information, the Justice Department has reopened the galvanizing 1955 case of the black teenager who was murdered in Mississippi. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Reopens Probe Into 1955 Slaying of Emmett Till

JAY REEVES / The Associated Press Jul 12, 2018 The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March that it has new information about the brutal murder of the black teenager in Mississippi that helped inspire the civil rights movement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Emmett Till Effect in Israel

David Sheen / Truthdig Feb 27, 2018 Vicious violence against non-Jewish African refugees in Israel follows years of Israeli leaders whipping up racist sentiments against them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Remembering Emmett Till on the 60th Anniversary of His Murder

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2015 The 14-year-old boy who was murdered by two white men in rural Mississippi 60 years ago has become more than a symbol of the horrors of racism in America, more than a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lil Wayne’s Lyrical Fascism

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Apr 13, 2013 In a remix version of the song "Karate Chop" by rapper Future, Lil Wayne mocked 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till, a boy whose body was mutilated and tortured by white racists in Mississippi in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

To Be Black in America …

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 23, 2012 For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )