deborah watts
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Oscars 2023: Family of Emmett Till, Whoopi Goldberg React to Till Snub
Like The Woman King, Till was also shut out in the nominations for the upcoming awards ceremony, which prompted a statement from its director, Chinonye Chukwu.
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Films About Black Oppression Are Becoming Harder For Me to Stomach
Movies like ‘Emancipation’ and ‘Till’ are important for keeping America honest, but entertainment that depicts our struggle is tiring.
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Emmett Till’s Family Seeks Arrest After 1955 Warrant Found
A search group comprised of Till’s family members found the warrant charging Carolyn Bryant Donham of kidnapping
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PBS FRONTLINE’s Un(re)solved Examines Black Murders That Have Never Been Solved
Un(re)solved is a multi-platform project that examines stories from the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act list.
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Emmett Till’s Family Calls for New Investigation Into 1955 Murder
Relatives of Emmett Till—the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, triggering the civil rights movement—are asking for the teen’s case to be reinvestigated after a key witness admitted to lying about the teen’s alleged words and actions before his brutal murder. Two of Emmett’s cousins, Wheeler Parker and Deborah Watts, said…