He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Anderson is an editor at signature books in utah and is working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history, and in 2015, the University Press of mississippi book emmett till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It will be the basis of a miniseries produced by jayz, will smith and others. He has spoken in the United States and the united kingdom. His research has resulted
Lived in sumner, mississippi where the trial of emmett till was taken. While she was in memphis, she was Teaching School there. If you were africanamerican and in those days, you did not need a College Degree to teach school. She moved back to be near my dad. That is where they got married. That was in sumner, mississippi, in 1925. Easy woman. She would sing. Every day she would be Singing Church songs. Oh, she was something. You know, with four boys at that time, she had four day boi boys the house. Im sure we had done something wrong, we asked, mama, when are you going to whip us . Thats how easy she was. We just when mom would leave the house we would be afraid that something would come out of the woods, a bear or something. But when she was around the house, we wasnt afraid of anything because she was always moving, always busy. She would do anything to protect her children. She was somebody. Last year you published a beautiful book simeons story about the emmett till case and how
For emmett tills murder, and that haunts simeon. Lonnie bunch, thank you. My pleasure. We have much to talk about today, and i thought we might begin with something thats very close and very personal in your memories,s and thats just a description of your mother and your father. Well, my father, he was what we call kind of hard man. Fair. Someone thats tough but fair. Thats the kind of man he was. He loved farming. He was honest. They found out most people that he worked for in his early years that he was an honest man. If it didnt belong to him, he didnt bother it. He was a hard worker and he enjoyed to see when cotton would begin to grow in mississippi, he just became excited. And i couldnt figure out why. But thats the kind of man he was. He enjoyed the farming and told my mother, said, hey, i was born and bred in mississippi. Mississippi im going to die. Now, my mother on the other hand, she was different. She was raised in hazel hurst, mississippi, below jackson. I think when my d
It is super bowl sunday. Last night was saturday night live. Joops. One thing we have to talk about is the scandal with the patriots. Well show you more of last nights snl fox and friends begins right now. The day youve been waiting for for a full year. It is super bowl sunday this morning. Good morning, it is february 1st. Were live in phoenix in phoenix, arizona. Site of super bowl glendale, sorry. Were in glendale. Well be in phoenix, scottsdale. The whole state of arizona is ready for the game. Brian is live there. Hes all over. Hes got cheer leaders, marching bands coaches, players. Hes been on party buses. He went on gronkowskis bus. Here in our studio we have our own man cave which ladies, apercently, are allowed in. I want my living room to look like this man caves are here. Were going to show you how to deck out your living room you need the bar, of course. The proper recline per. And the big green egg grilled. And the coach. We have a great show today. First, a fox news alert
For blocking the president s nominee. Senate has confirmed 48 of 197 president ial nominees. Mosul has been liberated. Think about that. We have only been in office less than six months thanks to the president s leadership we are winning everywhere. You wouldnt know it if you turned on cnn or read the New York Times. Brian all right. Get ready we are going trite a fox news alert. The death toll is rising in horrific military plane crash. Ainsley marine corps refueling plane spiraling out of control and slamming into a soybean field in mississippi, killing at least 16 people. Steve this is a terrible story. Griff jenkins is covering it live with the latest on this devastating loss. Griff . Griff griff good morning, gog guys, our thoughts and prayers going out to those who lost their lives in the plane crash. The cause is undetermined at this point but that the marine corps kc 130 experienced a mishap before going down in the mississippi delta some 85 miles north of jackson around 4 00 p