in the mobile press register, which was the daily white newspaper in the city of mobile at the time, we blast black officials. we thought it was necessary for the other side to be told. michael and a group of his friends started a weekly newspaper called the new times. one of the reasons that newspaper was started was so that it could tell the story from the black person s perspective. the new times is literally doing the work that jet magazine did back in 1955. jet magazine was, like, black twitter at the moment. emmett till s picture catalyzed the modern civil rights movement because these latching images had the effect of literally traumatizing people. in the same way, the new times
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President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted "denialism" while discussing racism during a White House screening of Till, a film chronicling the story of Mamie Till-Bradley, the mother of Emmett Till.
The documentary returns to theaters this month alongside the release of a new box set. It's a chance to consider what it captures (and doesn't) about music, race and justice in the 1970s and today.
The documentary returns to theaters this month alongside the release of a new box set. It's a chance to consider what it captures (and doesn't) about music, race and justice in the 1970s and today.