Emmett Till Family Commemorates 60 Year Legacy August 27-30 2015.
Emmett Till Legacy: 60 year Anniversary
Commemoration
“Time For Unity, Reflection and Remembrance”
[Mississippi] August 17, 2015, All are invited to join the Family of Emmett Till along with the Emmett Louis Till Justice For Families, Emmett
Till Legacy Foundation (ETLF) and Ambassadors, City of Jackson, MS, the local and global
community in commemorating and honoring the Legacy of Emmett Till and the 60
year anniversary of his death.
Come and experience “WHERE IT
ALL STARTED”. Support this special and historic Emmett Till Legacy: 60 year Anniversary Commemoration “Time For Unity, Reflection and Remembrance”.
What: Emmett Till Family Commemorates 60 Year
Legacy Aug 27-30 Emmett Till
Legacy: 60 year Anniversary Commemoration “Time For Unity, Reflection and
Remembrance”
When: August
27- 30, 2015
Where:
Various locations in Jackson, MS and the Delta area in Mississippi, See details below.
Emmett Till Legacy: 60 year Anniversary Commemoration “Time For
Unity, Reflection and Remembrance”
List of Weekend
events “WHERE IT ALL STARTED”.
·
Thursday, August 27th at 6 p.m a documentary of
Mamie Till Mobley’s memorable visit in 2002 with Rev. AD Williams of
Cornerstone Baptist Church in Jackson, MS.
Location: Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, 1118 Martin Luther King
St., Jackson, MS Featuring Q and A with Emmett Till Family. Hosted by Laura
Williams and Priscilla Sterling
·
Friday, August 28th: All day and anywhere in the
world, Join us for the annual Time
for Unity in Black and White Please wear black and white attire. Observe a Moment of Silence at noon CST Remembering all of those who have lost their lives to hate, racism and violence. (see
Twitter @emmetttill, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmett-Till-Legacy-Foundation/138927669624 or Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
(ETLF) on Instagram for more details.
·
Friday, August 28th 12p.m-2 p.m. Remembering Emmett Louis Till Legacy Luncheon: 60 Years Later.
Guest speaker; Congressman John Lewis, A panel of “Those Who Remember”, with
Emmett Till Family as invited guests. Location:
Smith Robertson Museum, 528 Bloom Street, Jackson, MS Hosted by Dr. Jay
·
Friday, August 28th 7:45 p.m. -9 p.m. “Remembering
Emmett Till” a Candle Light Vigil and Prayer for Peace. Location:
Jackson State University 1400 JR Lynch St. hosted by Team
Mississippi
·
Friday, August 28th 10 p.m.- 1 a.m. community Meet and Greet with Till Family and special guests
entertainment, music, Elim Art and spoken word. Location: Mediterranean Bar and Grill, 6550 Old Canton Rd.
Ridgeland, MS. Free and open to the public. Donations accepted to support the
Emmett Till Legacy Scholarship fund.
·
Saturday, August 29th 9:30am – 11:30 a.m. Emmett Till Parade “Marching for Unity and Equality in
Remembrance of Emmett Louis Till featuring Till family members invited
as Grand Marshals. Location: starting
point “Freedom Corner”, Medgar Evers Blvd & Martin Luther King St. End point:
Lanier High School, 833 Maple St. Hosted
by the City of Jackson, MS. and City Council.
·
Saturday, August 29th Noon-10pm: Experience “WHERE IT ALL STARTED” a Delta Mississippi Bus, Driving, Walking and
Museum Tour including Sumner, Glendora, Leflore and Tallahatchie
counties and more) and a Remembering Emmett Till Program hosted by the City of Jackson, MS and the City Council,
will include invited guests, area and visiting youth, City Council, Emmett Louis Till Family
and community. (Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center, fee is $5
for adults and children $3). Post discussion and program with Emmett Till
Family and Special guests. Hosted by Area students, Team Mississippi: Deborah
Watts, Jessie Jaynes and Patrick Weems.
·
Sunday August 30: 11:30 am-1:00pm Worship
Together Service with Till Family and Team Mississippi. The All White event will take place at Alabaster C.O.G.I.C located at
940 McDowell Rd., Jackson, MS.
·
Sunday, August 30, 4 p.m.-6pm Film screening “Who Killed Emmett
Till?” and “The Story of Mamie Till Mobley” with an important community
discussion Where do we go from here?
Lead by Deborah Watts and Priscilla Sterling and Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
Board members. Hosted by Mac Epps and Tougaloo College. Location: New Highlights Bldg. on the Tougaloo College campus.
*Times and
Locations subject to change.
Brought to
you by Team Mississippi!: A collaboration including community, civic leaders,
clergy, actors, celebrities, ETLF ambassadors and Emmett Till Family members coming together to Commemorate the 60
year anniversary in memory of Emmett Louis Till and Mamie Till Mobley, “WHERE IT ALL STARTED”.
About Emmett Till: Sixty years ago, on August 28, 1955,
14–year–old Emmett Till , a vibrant black youth from Chicago and the only son
of Mamie Till Mobley, was visiting family in Mississippi. He had been accused
of whistling at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant at the Bryant grocery store in
Money, Mississippi. He was kidnapped in
the middle of the night from his uncles’ home near Money, Mississippi by at
least two men Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. He was badly beaten, brutally murdered
and with a 75 pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck; his body was thrown
into the Tallahatchie River. The Grand
Jury in Sumner, Mississippi, indicted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam for the crime
of murder. These two men were then tried on this charge and were acquitted by
an all-white, all-male jury after a deliberation of just over an hour. Within
four months of their acquittal the two men confessed to the murder. Their
confession, the decision by his mother to have an open casket funeral and
published pictures of Emmett’s corpse, drew outrage across America and other countries
and helped to ignite the historic civil rights movement.
For more info
about the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation: Emmett Till Legacy Foundation is a 501c3 non profit organization
"creating a legacy of hope" and building a bridge from the past to
the present and future in memory of Emmett Louis Till and in honor of his
Mother, Mamie Till Mobley. Feel free to contact us: 763 476 8677 or Info@emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com , www.emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com , facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmett-Till-Legacy-Foundation/138927669624, "Never Again"
Movement and Pledge Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Never-Again-Movement-and-Pledge/136014269806914, Twitter: www.twitter.com/EmmettTill , Instagram: emmetttilllegacyfoundation, Blog: http://emmett-till-legacy-of-hope.blogspot.com/
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Special Note from Team Mississippi:
Our hearts, good spirits, prayers and warm wishes are extended to all family, supporters, friends and organizations who are hosting Remembering Emmett Till and 60 year anniversary observances taking place across the country.
We thank you!
We encourage our readers to support and attend any of these events as applicable..In Unity!
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