12/16/2023 0 Comments Keka araujoThe bulletproof glass is to protect this memorial from any more vandalization. The Till Memorial is meant to serve as a reminder of a painful and murderous past in the South. The rededication was attended by Till’s family members, including his cousin who was with him on that fateful summer night.īurundi’s Ambassador visits Oakland to unite and collaborate with Oakland-Burundi Sister Cities The new marker weighs 500 pounds, is made of steel and is encased in bulletproof glass. Ben LeClere, John Lowe, and a third fraternity brother were suspended from Kappa Alpha after a ProPublica investigative report. Additionally, three racist members of Kappa Alpha from the University of Mississippi took pictures holding shotguns in front of the historical marker. The second was riddled with bullets and vandalized and was later taken down by the Emmett Till Memorial Commission in 2016. The first was erected in 2008 in the small Mississippi town. There had been three previous markers remembering Till. His mutilated body was found in the Tallahatchie River. He was kidnapped from his uncle’s home, beaten and then shot in the head. In 1955, Till was visiting family in the small Mississippi town when he was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white daughter of a plantation owner, while visiting a store. His tragic and brutal murder jump-started the civil rights movement more than six decades ago. The new marker was dedicated Saturday to the slain 14-year-old Black teen from Chicago.
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