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Melody Gardot - Same To You

Melody Gardot is a singer who wrote a song about Emmett Till in 2015.

The title of the song is « Same to you » in which she denounces the crime that the boy was the victim of.

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‘Change Has Come’: Mississippi Unveils Emmett Till Statue
A statue of young Emmett Till has been taken to Greenwood, Mississippi. The black teenager became a symbol of civil rights after his death in 1955, lynched by a mob of white men.
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Marilyn Nelson: “Three Sonnets from A Wreath for Emmett Till” | Women's Voices For Change


« A Wreath for Emmett Till » is a poem written the author Marilyn Nelson in 2005 in Boston.

She pays a tribute to Emmett Till because this story moved her.



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The Death of Emmett Till
«The Death of Emmett Till » is a song by an American musician, Bob Dylan, in 1963.

In this song, he describes the murder and the trial of Emmett Tills.

His song is a tribute to the young boy.


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The Lasting Power of Emmett Till's Image
Open Casket is a portrait of Emmett Till by the white artist Dana Schutz.

It was one of the works included at the Whitney Biennial exhibition in New York in 2017.This painting caused many reviews, with protests and calls for the painting's destruction.

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