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Viral DJ Akademiks-Affiliated Account Eviscerated For Comparing Drake To Emmett Till A secondary account for DJ Akademiks' brand (not run by him) equated the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Oscars joke to Emmett Till's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025 1.9K Views
Crime Emmett Till Investigation Closed By DOJ Over "Insufficient Evidence" About Accuser Carolyn Bryant The two men who lynched the 14-year-old admitted to the murder, but they had already been acquitted back in 1955. By Erika Marie December 07, 2021 2.8K Views
Entertainment Jesse Williams Apologizes For Using Controversial Emmett Till Meme The actor faced immense backlash online after posting the tweets. By Joseph Coffey-Slattery September 27, 2018 6.5K Views
News PepsiCo To Meet With Emmett Till's Family To Discuss Lil Wayne Controversy [Update: Statement Released Following Meeting] PepsiCo and Emmett Till's family plan to meet to turn Lil Wayne's lyric controversy into a teaching moment. By Rose Lilah May 08, 2013 449 Views
Life Emmett Till Activists Invade Senior Citizens Home In Search Of Carolyn Bryant Dozens gathered in front of Carolyn Bryan's alleged home following the discovery of her arrest warrant. By Lawrencia Grose July 09, 2022 29.6K Views
Politics Emmett Till's Accuser, Carolyn Bryant, Seen In Kentucky It's been over twenty years since Bryant has been seen. By Lawrencia Grose August 06, 2022 24.9K Views
News Emmett Till's Family To Go After Lil Wayne's Sponsors Emmett Till's family is planning to pursue Lil Wayne's sponsors, as he has refused to acknowledge or apologize for his lyric that controversially referenced Till. By Trevor Smith April 27, 2013 723 Views
Pop Culture Boosie Hilariously Celebrates Death Of Emmett Till Accuser Boosie is prepared to give Carolyn Bryant a special send off. By Ben Mock April 28, 2023 1105 Views
Crime Congress Approves Legislation Making Lynching A Federal Hate Crime It only took 120 years, but lynching is finally considered a federal hate crime in the U.S. By Kevin Goddard February 27, 2020 601 Views
News Lil Wayne Under Fire For Lyrics Relating To Emmet Till’s Death After the release of Future’s “Karate Chop”, featuring the Young Money honcho Lil Wayne, Emmet Till’s cousin had a few words to say about the use of her relative’s name in the song. By Jason Pollak February 13, 2013 34.4K Views
Music Snoop Dogg Demands Justice For Emmett Till In Response To Bill Cosby Verdict Snoop Dogg uses Bill Cosby as a political exemplar in his case against Carolyn Bryant Donham, the 83-year old woman involved in Emmett Till's 1955 murder. By Devin Ch September 26, 2018 32.2K Views
Life Family Of Emmett Till Calls For The Arrest Of Carolyn Bryant After Finding Her Unserved Warrant Almost seven decades later, the family of Emmett Till discovered an arrest warrant for the woman who made allegations against him which led to his tragic death. By Lawrencia Grose July 02, 2022 5.2K Views
TV JAY-Z & Will Smith Producing Miniseries On Emmett Till's Mother For ABC Jay-Z and Will Smith team up with Marissa Jo Cerar for "Women Of The Movement," a six-part miniseries focusing on the story of Emmett Till's mother. By Aron A. August 30, 2020 2.1K Views
News Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till's Family During Performance During a performance, Lil Wayne changed up the lyrics of "Karate Chop" to apologize to Emmett Till's family. By Rose Lilah July 14, 2013 2.3K Views
Pop Culture Jay Z & Will Smith To Produce Series On The Women Of The Civil Rights Movement Jay & Will are working on an anticipated show. By Chantilly Post August 06, 2019 1139 Views
Entertainment Bill Cosby's Publicist Compares Him To Emmett Till, Questions Victims' Honesty Cosby's publicist is going the distance to try and defend him. By Matthew Parizot April 27, 2018 1.5K Views
News Lil Wayne Issues Apology To Emmett Till Family Over Lyric [Update: Till Family Does Not Accept It] Lil Wayne issues an apology to Emmett Till's family for his line in "Karate Chop (Remix)." By Rose Lilah May 02, 2013 2.2K Views
Politics Carolyn Bryant, Emmett Till's Accuser, Dies The woman who caused Emmett Till's death has died. By Ben Mock April 27, 2023 894 Views
Pop Culture "Till" Biopic Trailer Shows Emmett Till's Mothers Powerful Fight For Justice: Watch Whoopi Goldberg, Haley Bennett, and Danielle Deadwyler all star in the upcoming film, due out this October. By Hayley Hynes July 25, 2022 1080 Views

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