Library - Kansas Humanities Council Presentation about The Murder of Emmett Till

Help us welcome Dave Tell, an associate professor of communication studies at KU and co-creator of the Emmett Till Memory Project, as he presents his work on Emmett Till. This work has been recognized with a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We will have both in-person and zoom options available. This Kansas Humanities Council event will be held at the Lansing Community Center. Call the library for more information or to register at (913) 727-2929.

On August 25, 1955, Emmett Till whistled at a white woman outside a Mississippi grocery store. Three days later, the 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago was kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and thrown into a river. For the next 50 years, there was not a single memorial to Till’s murder in the Mississippi Delta. Since 2005, however, nine roadside markers, two restored buildings, a museum, an interpretive center, a community building, and a nature trail that tells the story of Till’s 1955 murder. This presentation introduces the audience to the various Till memorials and uses them to explore the competing narratives of exactly what happened on the night of the murder.

“The Murder of Emmett Till” is part of Humanities Kansas's Movement of Ideas Speakers Bureau, featuring presentations and workshops designed to share stories that inspire, spark conversations that inform, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.

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Topic: The Murder of Emmett Till
Time: Feb 9, 2022 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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