“In the United States, we tend to think of our history in romantic terms,” Eddie Glaude says. “To confront the ugliness of a child being lynched, and to know that the reasons for that violent act, were based on a lie, is really important to remember.'
Oct. 28, 2022, 9:30 PM UTCWith the release of director Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till,” the conversation of the nation’s racist history and violence toward Black people is being revisited. The film retells the tragic story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was brutally abducted, beaten and killed by two white men for allegedly whistling at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, in 1955.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., department chair of African American studies at Princeton University, said that “Till” serves as a reminder of the “depths of ugliness” that the Black community continues to experience. On Monday, Glaude moderated awith “Till” producer, Keith A. Beauchamp, where they discussed the importance of the film and its relevance.
“In the United States, we tend to think of our history in romantic terms,” Glaude told NBC News. “To confront the ugliness of a child being lynched, and to know that the reasons for that violent act, were based on a lie, is really important to remember. Because it reminds us of how monstrous we can be — how monstrous we have been.”Chicago Tribune / TNS via Getty Images
Till-Mobley became a critical figure in the civil rights movement following her son’s death. She held a public open-casket funeral in Chicago, which put her son’s mutilated body on display. She also allowed Jet magazine to circulate
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