Emmett
Bulletproof Emmett Till sign commissioned after recent vandalism: reports
Just days after some armed University of Mississippi students were suspended from their frat after posing in front of a memorial to civil rights icon Emmett Till, a new bulletproof sign is reportedly being commissioned. The current memorial sign is riddled with bullet holes. “Unlike the first three signs, this sign calls attention to the …
Emmett Till memorial in photo of gun-toting Mississippi students will be made bulletproof
A vandalized memorial to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced by a new bulletproof sign. The marker, near where the murdered 14-year-old Till’s body was found in 1955, was at the center of a disturbing photograph of three white University of Mississippi students posing in front …
Gun-toting frat brothers pose in front of Emmett Till memorial, may face federal charges
Three fraternity brothers at the University of Mississippi have been suspended — and are possibly facing federal charges — for taking a photo in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till while holding a shotgun and AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. “The photo is on Instagram with hundreds of ‘likes,’ and no …
