What is the Emmett Till Memorial Commission?

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  The Emmett Till Memorial Commission was established by the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors for the purpose of fostering racial harmony and reconciliation; to seek federal, state, and private funds and grants to initially restore the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi; to explore the restoration of other buildings and sites of historical value; and to promote educational tours of the courthouse and other sites in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
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What is the Emmett Till Memorial Commission?
To nurture racial reconciliation in the area, the Emmett Till Memorial Commission was founded in 2006. It restored the courtroom in Sumner where Emmett’s killers — Roy Bryant, the owner of the store in the 1950s, and his half brother, J.W. Milam — were acquitted.

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What happened to Emmett Till Memorial?
The historic marker was taken down after three white fraternity brothers from the University of Mississippi were pictured holding guns next to the sign. A memorial first installed in 2008 to mark the spot where 14-year-old Emmett Till was recovered from the Tallahatchie River in 1955 has been repeatedly vandalized — shot through with bullet holes.

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Why did the Emmett Till Memorial replace the River Site marker?
The Emmett Till Memorial Commission has replaced the River Site marker three times since it was first erected in 2008, due to repeated acts of vandalism; the most recent version is made with bulletproof steel. The bullet holes represent more than just random attacks.

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Why are the Emmett Till historical markers important?
The Emmett Till historical markers represent decades of local activism in Tallahatchie County. Even though the county was and is majority Black, few African American residents held public office until one group of Black men—nicknamed the “Magnificent Seven”—were willing to risk their lives for increased political representation.

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What is the Emmett Till Memory Project?
The two men attacked the teen after Carolyn Bryant claimed he made an aggressive pass at her. To combat the repeated attacks by vandals, he has helped the Memorial Commission create a smartphone app called the Emmett Till Memory Project — a virtual tour including pictures, documents, and maps.

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Who is Emmett Till?
Growing up in a tight-knit Black community in Summit, Illinois, Emmett Till was affectionately known as a jokester. When fun-loving Emmett wanted to take a trip to visit his uncle in Mississippi, his mother warned him about a distinctive set of unwritten rules he would have to follow in the South as a Black child.

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In 2006, Little organized the Emmett Till Memorial Commission -- a multiracial group of citizens -- with the intention to break the silence and take responsibility for the role that Tallahatchie County played in the injustice that occurred in 1955.
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In 2007 the Emmett Till Memorial Commission issued a formal apology with the citizens of Tallahatchie County for the “miscarriage of justice” in 1955. However, the commission’s fight over Till's history—what is remembered, what is suppressed—is far from over.
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In 2006, Supervisor Little organized the Emmett Till Memorial Commission. The ETMC, made up of a multi-racial group of citizens, realized that in order to properly remember and honor Emmett Till, they needed to first break the silence and take responsibility for their role in the injustice.
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Aug 28, 2019 · Jaynes-Diming is part of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, which is trying to preserve sites like this. Till, a black teenager visiting from Chicago, was brutally killed in Mississippi...
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Sep 15, 2024 · In Mississippi, citizens of Tallahatchie County also refused to be silent and formed the Emmett Till Memorial Commission in 2006. Together they erected nine historical markers to remember Till, but the signs have been stolen, riddled with bullets, or thrown in the river.
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Feb 20, 2019 · To nurture racial reconciliation in the area, the Emmett Till Memorial Commission was founded in 2006. It restored the courtroom in Sumner where Emmett’s killers — Roy Bryant, the owner of...