What to know about new OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear Monday, November 20 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- OpenAI was thrown into upheaval in recent days after the sudden departure of CEO Sam Altman, who just three days later landed at Microsoft. The ouster elicited a letter from about 600 employees at OpenAI, all of whom threatened to resign... Read More.
Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother with new national monument Tuesday, July 25 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, became a symbol of the... Read More.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, dies at 88 Thursday, April 27 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of whistling at her and making sexual advances, leading to Till's kidnapping and lynching, has died, according to the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana.She was 88 years old.In 1955, the 21-year-old Bryant... Read More.
Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal after unanimous vote Thursday, December 22 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal after a unanimous vote from the House on Wednesday.Introduced by Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Cory Booker in Feb. 2021, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional... Read More.
Mississippi city of Greenwood unveils Emmett Till memorial statue Saturday, October 22 by ABC News(GREEENWOOD, Miss.) -- The Mississippi community of Greenwood erected a towering statue Friday in honor of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy whose murder sparked much of the 20th century civil rights movement."I feel that when young people ask me what the memory of Emmett... Read More.
Emmett Till’s cousin calls grand jury decision not to indict accuser ‘unfortunate, but predictable’ Thursday, August 11 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Emmett Till's cousin and advocates for justice in the decades-old case expressed disappointment in a grand jury's decision not to indict the woman who accused Till of making advances at her before the 14-year-old was kidnapped and murdered.A grand jury in... Read More.
First trailer for ‘Till’ debuts on what would have been Emmett Till’s 81st birthday Monday, July 25 by ABC NewsThe first trailer for the movie Till was released Monday on what would have been Emmett Till’s 81st birthday.The biopic, from director Chinonye Chukwu, follows the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who fought for justice after her 14-year-old son was lynched in Mississippi... Read More.
Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years Friday, July 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attached affidavit from Moses Wright, and court minutes from 1955 in the basement of a Leflore County... Read More.
Biden signs legislation named for Emmett Till making lynching a federal hate crime Tuesday, March 29 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has signed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law Tuesday, making lynching a hate crime under federal law."It was pure terror, to enforce the lie that not everyone -- not everyone belongs in America, not everyone is created equal,"... Read More.
Biden to sign legislation named for Emmett Till making lynching a federal hate crime Tuesday, March 29 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will sign the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law Tuesday, making lynching a hate crime under federal law.Congress failed to pass anti-lynching legislation over 200 times before the bill finally moved forward this year. The bill is the first... Read More.
