Emmett Till-inspired art installation marks groundbreaking on work to restore his former Woodlawn home The annual ice cream social to celebrate Emmett Till’s birthday also marked the opening of ...

“The photograph of Emmett Till felt analogous to the time: what was hidden was now revealed.” The painting was selected to be part of the 2017 Whitney Biennial, sparking immediate controversy.

This July, Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley are commemorated with national monuments, landmarks, and art at various sites across the U.S.

As Emmett Till's cousin Simeon Wright said, Bradley "wanted the world to see what those men had done to her son." Artists are protesting Schutz's painting, calling not just for its removal but for ...

Emmett Till's brutal murder has become one of the most searing pieces of American history stored in public memory. In 1955, ... Our newsletter has the best concerts, art, ...

The Spencer Museum of Art will host a discussion with Emmett Till’s cousin who witnessed his kidnapping. The event is scheduled for April 24. More details will be released in the next several weeks.

The latest crop of participants in the Mississippi Delta Film Academy was filming shots of Drew, Mississippi - the backdrop ...

Richard Hunt, renowned sculptor of public art, inspired by the civil rights movement, dies at 88. ... he’s got a stack of books on Emmett Till and things because he’s working on that piece.

A display from the “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See” exhibit at the KU Spencer Museum of Art is pictured on April 24, 2024. In the car, the cloud of dust behind it was ...

In 1955, a joyful 14-year-old boy named Emmett Till was abducted in the night, tortured and murdered — all for purportedly whistling at a white woman. His killers, those publicly known, were ...

Emmett Till-inspired art installation marks start of work to restore his former Chicago home Till, the Black Chicago youth whose lynching in 1955 at age 14 in Mississippi helped launch the civil ...