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.
Florida State University s Emmett Till Memory Project partners with Mississippi students
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FSU Libraries, School of Communication form partnership with West Tallahatchie School District
February 16, 2021 | 12:42 pm | SHARE:
(L to R) Davis Houck, Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies, and Katie McCormick, associate dean for Special Collection and Archives. (FSU Libraries)
Florida State University Libraries and the School of Communication have formed a partnership with the West Tallahatchie School District in Tallahatchie County Mississippi.
The partnership involves teaching the history of the Emmett Till case using primary source documents from the digitized Till Archives in FSU’s Special Collections. Students attending West Tallahatchie High School (WTHS) will access these documents for creative projects involving music, poetry, film, essays and other hybrid media. Awards, funded by the Emmett Till Archive Endowment, will be given to the best creative projects.