SIX. WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1114. THIS YEAR MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE THE BRUTAL KIDNAPING, BEATING AND LYNCHING OF A 14 YEAR OLD BOY IN MISSISSIPPI. EMMETT TILL, FROM CHICAGO, WAS VISITING FAMILY IN THE SOUTH ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. is pictured on April 24, 2024 at the KU Spencer Museum of Art. Wheeler Parker Jr. was worried about the words that might come out of his cousin’s mouth. His cousin, Emmett Till ...

Civil rights activist Priscilla Williams-Till is challenging incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith with a platform centered on justice, healthcare access, and reproductive rights. Priscilla Williams-Till, a ...

It was Aug. 28, 1955, when 14-year-old Emmett Till was wrenched from his bed by two armed white men in Money, Mississippi, tortured and killed. Sharing that bed with Till was his cousin Simeon Wright, ...

SEARCY -- While the tragic demise of Emmett Till is neither "pretty or pleasant," it is history that must be shared, because history "shows us how far we've come, how we get here, and how far we still ...

The last living person to see Emmett Till alive celebrated his memory in Milwaukee. Till was lynched in Mississippi after whistling at a white woman. "It was like a nightmare, but it wasn't a ...

The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. The last living witness to the kidnapping of Emmett Till — which led to the murder of the Black teenager and spurred a racial reckoning in 1955 — will speak on the ...

WANT. WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1123. BLACK HISTORY MONTH STARTS TOMORROW. BUT TONIGHT, THE HOLY REDEEMER, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IS IS HOSTING A SCREENING OF THE MOVIE TIL. THE MOVIE TELLS THE STORY OF ...

*Priscilla Williams Till, a cousin of civil rights icon Emmett Till, has declared her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi’s 2026 election. Driven by a commitment to social justice, she aims ...

The 75 or so people who gathered June 19 for the annual Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange had a chance to hear the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. tell of some personal history. “My story’s not a pleasant ...

Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till and founder of the Emmett Till Justice for Families Foundation, has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi. According to WAPT, ...