Milam, the white men who killed Emmett Till, were arrested on August 29, 1955. They stood trial for Till’s murder in September of that year. The all-white, all-male jury deliberated for about an hour before acquitting Bryant and Milam of all charges. In 2004 the U.S. Department...
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Seeking answers in the murder of Emmett Till Autopsy will confirm ID, but less certain to prove what killed himNatasha Korecki
What We Left Behind – Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a documentary, taking a retrospective look at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, its influence, meaning, and legacy. The documentary was produced by 455 Films and directed by Ira Steven Behr a
After Osama bin Laden was killed I read an apocryphal piece of journalism on his life in the Pakistani compound. It claimed he had been an avid gardener and wore a sombrero outdoors to hide from the peering eyes of drones and spy planes. The piece also claimed he had tomato-growing contes...
In February 2020, the House instead voted on the similar — but not identical — Emmett Till Antilynching Act, introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL1). The vote was 410–4, with Democrats unanimously supporting 222–0 and Republicans mostly supporting 188–3. Now to become law, ...
In the summer of 1955, A 14-year-old Chicago teenager named Emmett Till was brutally murdered while visiting family in Mississippi in response to a perceived insult to a white woman. Unlike the thousands of lynchings and acts of terrorism that went unanswered in previous decades, Till's murde...
In the summer of 1955, A 14-year-old Chicago teenager named Emmett Till was brutally murdered while visiting family in Mississippi in response to a perceived insult to a white woman. Unlike the thousands of lynchings and acts of terrorism that went unanswered in previous decades, Till's murde...
There will never be anotherSuper Bowl halftime showlike 2004's. That year,Janet Jacksonteamed up withJustin Timberlakeand others in what was supposed to be a high-energy performance for Super Bowl XXXVIII, according toRolling Stone. But at the end of the show, as Timberlake finished his lyric...
If America’s mothers were paid for their work around the home, they would have earned an annual salary of $133,440 over the past year, according to Insure.com’s Mother’s Day Index for 2023. Consider the role of a stay-at-home mom and these jobs most of us take for granted: ...