Remembering Emmett Louis Till: 69 Years Later

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Dr. André White

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Welcome back to another episode of the Redacted History Podcast. On this episode we are remembering the life of Emmett Louis Till. NEW YOUTUBE VIDEOS: Albert Woodfox: 43 Years in Solitary Confinement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7xDbNdnEc&t=9s What Does "WOKE" Mean: https://youtu.be/eMV4YCkjurc?si=0YKf1gyKTJvypAyX PATREON: patreon.com/redactedhistory Stay Connected with Me: https://www.tiktok.com/@Blackkout___ Contact: [email protected] Episode Script Writer and Researcher: Andre White Episode Editor and Narrator: André White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:04.0	August 28, 2024 was the 69th anniversary of the lynching of Emmett Till.
0:11.0	I want you to really think about that. How many people listening to this episode right now have a living parent or a living grandparent that is 69 years or older.
0:22.8	I know I do.
0:23.6	My grandmother just turned 71 last year.
0:27.4	So to think at the same time that these people in our lives were alive.
0:32.9	Something so normal, so brutal and barbaric
0:37.1	was enshrined in the fabric of what is America.
0:41.8	Now every year I'm going to post something on this feed about the
0:45.7	lynching of Emmett Till because if I'm being honest with you reading about what
0:51.0	happened to Emmett Till and his legacy when I was just a teenager,
0:55.2	really radicalized and made me want to know more about how did these things happen
1:02.4	and how are we not talking more about them
1:04.8	since they were not that long ago in the first place and how is it that we have a
1:09.5	society in present day that is so okay with burying these types of stories when it comes
1:15.8	to taking African-American history and critical race theory out of our classrooms.
1:20.6	So I'm doing my part and honoring the legacy and the memory and the
1:25.5	lesson that we should all take from the lynching of Emmett Lewis Till.
1:30.9	This podcast episode may contain disturbing and triggering imagery and language for some.
1:37.0	Please be advised, feel free to put the episode down and come back to it if you need to.
1:43.0	Take care of yourself.
1:45.0	Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Emmett Till, a name that reverberates deep in the American consciousness.
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