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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
News Will Smith & Jay Z To Executive Produce HBO Mini-Series Jay Z and Will Smith latch on to an upcoming HBO mini-series about Emmett Till. By Rose Lilah July 27, 2015
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
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
News Mountain Dew Drops Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Line [Update: Till Family Reacts To Drop] PepsiCo is cutting its ties with Lil Wayne following his offensive reference to Emmett Till. By Trevor Smith May 04, 2013
Music Lyfe Jennings Confronts Charlamagne Tha God Over "Slave" Song Criticisms After beefing on social media last month, they talked out their differences. By Erika Marie October 15, 2019
Society 60 Years Later Emmett Till's Accuser Admits Lies Led To His Lynching The woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till's lynching admits she lied. By hnhh January 27, 2017
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
News Talib Kweli Says Lil Wayne Should Apologize For Emmett Till Line Talib Kweli says he thinks Lil Wayne should apologize for his lyrics referencing Emmett Till, and explains how it affects society. By Rose Lilah April 03, 2013
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
Society Emmett Till Murder Investigation Re-Opened By Federal Government: Report New evidence has prompted the government to reopen the case. By Karlton Jahmal July 12, 2018
News Future Weighs In On Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Line Following the backlash from Lil Wayne's Emmett Till line on "Karate Chop," Future weighs in and says it was not recorded with "bad intentions." By Rose Lilah February 16, 2013

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