The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 5: Sparking A Movement

The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Society & Culture, Relationships, Documentary

4.4 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Emmet Till’s murder sparked a 70 year movement, in this episode Khadijah speaks to a woman whose family has been fighting to preserve his legacy about what it takes to launch a movement and how you can mobilise your community to enact change. US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://rainn.org/ International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://nomoredirectory.org/ US Suicide & Crisis Helpline: https://988lifeline.org/ International Suicide & Crisis Helplines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ The Girlfriends: Untouchable is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Untouchable completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.5	Hey, it's Khadija.
0:06.6	This episode will tell the story of how one incredibly dark moment in our country's
0:12.6	history sparked a 70-year movement that we're still feeling the benefits of today.
0:18.8	But in order to tell that story,
0:22.2	we're going to be discussing racially motivated violence and murder.
0:25.5	If you or someone you love
0:27.6	has been affected by any of the themes
0:29.7	that come up in this episode,
0:32.0	we left some links in the description
0:33.6	that offer resources and support.
0:36.5	Take care of yourself.
0:43.3	Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy when he took a trip to visit his family in Money, Mississippi.
0:49.5	It was 1955.
0:51.8	Much of the U.S. was still in the era of Jim Crow's segregation. It was a time when violent
0:57.7	racism was the norm and where one small bad encounter could ruin your life, which is what
1:05.0	happened to Emmett. After being accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store, he was abducted and lynched in a horrific case that shocked America.
1:17.5	You've probably heard his story before.
1:20.0	In high school lessons or Hollywood movies, you might have seen black and white photos of him and assumed it happened a long time ago.
1:28.8	But the past is not as distant as it seems.
1:32.7	I am Marville McCain-Parker, and I am the wife of Reverend Wheeler Parker,
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