Last week, a Mississippi grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman whose false accusations led to the death of Emmett Till in 1955. The decision not to indict Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter come after hearing 7 hours worth of testimony from investigators and witnesses. The jury decided that […]
Investigators looking into a 67-year-old unserved warrant connected to the Emmett Till lynching investigation have revealed there’s no statute of limitations on kidnapping in Mississippi. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information That means 88-year old Carolyn Bryant Donham could still be arrested and served. 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and lynched in 1955 after […]
Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast of new movie Till as Emmett Till’s grandmother Alma Carthan. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The new movie, which is set to begin production in Atlanta in September, will be based on the efforts Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, gave in retrieving justice for her son. In 1955, […]
Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast of new movie Till as Emmett Till’s grandmother Alma Carthan. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The new movie, which is set to begin production in Atlanta in September, will be based on the efforts Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, gave in retrieving justice for her son. In 1955, […]
The NFL premiered their latest installment of the Say Their Stories series on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The story detailed the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 after he was accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The murder of Till became a pivotal moment […]
Recently, a slew of videos on social media has been showing Caucasian women attempting to police people of color. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Allow us to introduce Karen. This phenomenon, that is growing in force and intensity, has a power that is been blinding. However, what is happening is not some obscure threat that […]
A new anthology series, Women Of The Movement, which chronicles the civil rights movement from the point of view from the women who stood up for the rights and equal treatment for black people is coming to ABC. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The project will be produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith, and Aaron Kaplan […]
One year after the production of Timothy B. Tyson’s, The Blood of Emmett Till, the federal investigation of the infamous murder of the 14-year-old black boy on account of two white men has been reopened. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Thursday, the Associated Press announced that, back in March of this current year, the Justice […]
Taraji P. Henson confirmed in an interview on January 9th, that she will starring in, as well as producing a film about the life and murder of Emmett Till. Taraji told Global Grind. “We don’t have a start date yet, but the deal has definitely been done. That’s one project that I’ve been passionate about since […]
74 years ago today, Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago, Illinois Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Civil rights icon Emmett Till, a Black 14-year-old that was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955, would have turned 74 today. As retaliation for allegedly flirting with a white woman, the woman’s husband and his half-brother were acquitted […]
If you don’t know who’s Emmett Till you gon’ learn today.. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was murdered and mutilated in 1955 in Mississippi for speaking to a caucasian girl. His murder was acquitted despite the fact that the murder was later admitted. This unfortunate event […]
