EMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER

2024

Alexis Benveniste, "Finding Her Voice", National Park Foundation, Summer 2024.

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Maya Miller, "In Mississippi, student filmmakers tell Emmett Till's story through their lenses", Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 25 July 2024.

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American Association for State and Local History, "Announcing the AASLH 2024 History in Progress Award Winners", American Association for State and Local History, 19 June 2024.

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National Park Service, "Emmett Till Interpretive Center Named Official Partner of the Newly Created Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument", National Park Service, 17 April 2024.

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National Museum of American History, "Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmett Till", National Museum of American History, 6 April 2024.

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2023
Good Morning America, "Shonda Rhimes to honor Emmett Till's story with new passion project", Good Morning America, 18 December 2023.

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Chris Remington, "Emmett Till, national monuments, and teaching Black history", 1A, 3 August 2023. 

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Dave Tell, "A 700-Mile Road Trip with the Last Living Witness to Emmett Till's Murder", Esquire, 28 July 2023.

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Erica L. Green, "Biden Creates Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History", New York Times, 25 July 2023.

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Gabriel J. Sánchez, Courtney Dorning, and Mary Louise Kelly, "The journey for the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley national monuments", All Things Considered - National Public Radio, 25 July 2023.

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"Bullet holes scar the sign marking where Emmett Till was found | PBS Short Docs", PBS, 14 June 2023. 

"New Exhibit Dedicated to Emmett Till Opens at DuSable Black History Museum", NBC Chicago, 2 June 2023.

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"Emmett Till Interpretive Center Executive Director Patrick Weems", Zocalo Public Square, 12 May 2023.

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Howard Ballou, "Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley exhibit, ‘LET THE WORLD SEE,’ opens April 1 at Two Ms Museums", WLBT, 30 March 2023.

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Alexis Clark, "How Places Connected to Emmett Till's Lynching Foster Remembrance and Reflection", Preservation Magazine - National Trust for Historic Preservation, Spring 2023.

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Walter Morris, "Exhibit Tells Story of Emmett Till's Murder and His Mother's Activism", NBC4 Washington, 27 January 2023.

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2022

"National Park Service Agrees: Till Story Should Be Preserved", National Parks Conservation Association, 21 December 2022.

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Marc Ramirez, "A national park could be key to preserving Emmett Till's memory, legacy, advocates say", USA Today, 12 December 2022.

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Chloe McGowan, "'Let the World See': Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley exhibit opens at the children's museum", Indianapolis Recorder, 22 September 2022.

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Katiera Winfrey, "Emmett Till exhibit opening at Children's Museum: Let the World See", WISH-TV, 15 September 2022.

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Domenica Bongiovanni, "Emmett Till exhibit at The Children's Museum contends with brutal, emotional history", Indianapolis Star, 15 September 2022.

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"Interior Secretary Wants to Tell America's Story", MSNBC, 20 February 2022.

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"Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Visits Mississippi Delta Sites Associated with Emmett Till’s Life and Murder to Explore a National Park", National Trust for Historic Preservation, 17 February 2022.

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Domenica Bongiovanni, "Exhibit on Emmett Till will come to The Children's Museum", Indianapolis Star, 2 February 2022.

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Alan Spears, "Park for Till: Standing in Places", National Parks Conservation Association, 6 January 2022.

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2021

Wright Thompson, "His Name Was Emmett Till", The Atlantic, 22 July 2021.

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2020

Jerry Mitchell, "A year after an Instagram photo of Ole Miss frats hoisting guns in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till sign went viral, questions remain", Daily Journal, 5 September 2020.

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Alexandra Marvar, "The Unfinished Story of Emmett Till’s Final Journey", GEN, 3 September 2020.

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Brianne Garrett, "‘Emmett Till Is Anne Frank To Black America’", Forbes, 26 August 2020.

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Mike Suriani, "George Floyd unrest similar to reaction after murder of Emmett Till in 1955", WREG, 12 June 2020.

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Grace Hauck, "Will George Floyd’s death with a knee on his neck become nation’s ‘Emmett Till moment?’", Chicago Sun-Times, 9 June

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Grace Hauck, "Protest of George Floyd, Emmett Till deaths inspired calls for justice", USA Today, 6 June 2020

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Ralph Eubanks, "What the Face of Emmett Till Says About Every Brutalized Black Body—Then and Now", Vanity Fair, 4 June 2020

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Dave Tell, "White Statues, Black Lives: Violence Connected to Whiteness", Jackson Free Press, 3 June 2020

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2019

Dave Tell, "Opinion | Put the Vandalized Emmett Till Signs in Museums", New York Times, 14 November 2019

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Maddy Quon, "After white supremacists mocked the Till memorial, $20,000 was donated to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center", The Daily Mississippian, 8 November 2020.

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Vanessa Swales, "White Supremacists Flee From Emmett Till Memorial While Filming Video", The New York Times, 5 November 2019.

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Christina Maxouris, Hollie Silverman and Artemis Moshtaghian, "A white supremacist group filmed in front of the Emmett Till sign weeks after it was made bulletproof," CNN, 4 November 2019.

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Editorial Board, "Opinion | Why the New Emmett Till Memorial Needed to Be Bulletproof", New York Times, 23 October 2019

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Jasmine Weber, "Emmett Till Gets a Bulletproof Memorial", Hyperallergic, 21 October 2019.

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Aimee Ortis, "Emmett Till Memorial Has a New Sign. This Time, It’s Bulletproof.," New York Times, 20 October 2019.

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Jerry Mitchell, "Ole Miss admits mishandling probe into students who posed with guns at Emmett Till sign", Clarion Ledger, 30 July 2019

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Dave Tell, "Commentary: Protecting the memory of Emmett Till from the scourge of vandals", Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2019

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Neil Vigdor, "Emmett Till Sign Photo Leads Ole Miss Fraternity to Suspend Members", New York Times, 25 July 2019

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Jerry Mitchell, "University of Mississippi Students Face Possible Civil Rights Investigation After Posing With Guns in Front of Emmett Till Memorial", ProPublica, 25 July 2019

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Audria D. S. Burch, Veda Shastri, Tim Chaffee, "Emmett Till’s Murder, and How America Remembers Its Darkest Moments", New York Times, 20 February 2019

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2018

Jason Daley, "A Memorial Sign to Emmett Till Was Defaced With Four Bullet Holes", Smithsonian Magazine, 8 August 2018

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Dave Tell, "Letter: The Long-Delayed Pursuit of Justice", The Atlantic, 26 July 2018

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2015

Debbie Elliott, "6 Decades Later, Acquittal Of Emmett Till's Killers Troubles Town", NPR, 25 September 2015

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Maya Miller, "Till Interpretive Center Seeks to Rewrite Civil Rights Narrative", Jackson Free Press, 26 August 2015

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