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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
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
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
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
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
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
Random BabyNames.Com Lists Names Of Black People Who Died At The Hands Of Injustice BabyNames.com, the largest source of baby names on the internet, highlighted the names of dozens of black people who died at the hands of injustice. By Erika Marie June 10, 2020
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
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
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
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
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

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