In 1963, Moody became infamous in Mississippi after she challenged racial segregation in what would be the era’s most violent lunch-counter sit-in. At the Woolworth’s in Jackson, Mississippi, white ...

The killing felt personal. “Before Emmett Till’s murder, I had known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil,” she wrote. “But now there was … the fear of being killed just because I was ...

Deadwyler’s portrayal of Till-Mobley’s fight for justice following the brutal slaying of her son, Emmett Till ... It’s not just a movie. It’s real for Black people, or anyone who has ...

Dear Dickhead” is set in the messy aftermath of a public reckoning, before its characters have achieved any kind of resolution.

Because the killing and its aftermath altered the course ... Like the open casket of Emmett Till at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, the video was a portal into the depths of society.

The story of Emmett Till, widely known ... We are not, we didn't see a movie about it later. We were alive at the time. And in my case, I was very close to it. - That was not the church you ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) - It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial ...

On May 31, 1921, a White mob laid waste to about 35 blocks of the neighborhood within 16 hours, arresting thousands of Black residents, while robbing, beating and killing others, CNN previously ...