Remembering Emmett Till: From Chicago to Mississippi, Connecting Visitors with Location-Based History
Emmett Till Memorial Project Pamphlet. Courtesy of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, Inc.
“This project is a great opportunity to build a network and consider other ways that we can share the Emmett Till story and make it relevant today.” Elliot Long, Operations Director at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center
The 1955 murder of Emmett Till haunts American history. Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was killed in Mississippi after being accused of whistling at a white woman. More than six decades after Till’s death, people continue to try to make sense of why and how such a tragedy was allowed to take place.
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As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key
by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 12, 2020 12:01 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 12, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT
Noelle Trent, who serves as the director of interpretation, collections and education at the National Civil Rights Museum, poses for a photo Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn., in the museum s combating Jim Crow gallery. (Max Gersh/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
JACKSON, Miss. In 1963, Margaret Walker’s neighbour, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, in Jackson, Mississippi.
Then, 150 miles north of Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.