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The only weekly Chicago podcast explaining the news through approachable conversations with expert journalists. What we know, how we know it – and most importantly – why it matters. Alex Maragos sits down with the people who have a front row seat to the biggest stories in Chicago and beyond.
Less flash, more facts. Less conflict, more context. Leaving something for the audience to remember – this is The Takeaway.
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What happened to Emmett Till? Shocking details revealed decades later
The Takeaway with Alex
29 minutes 12 seconds
3 months ago
What happened to Emmett Till? Shocking details revealed decades later
A 14-year-old Chicago boy named Emmett Till was abducted and lynched 70 years ago in Mississippi after being accused of whistling at a white woman named Carolyn Bryant in her family's grocery store. Till's death became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement after images circulated of an open casket funeral arranged by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Over time, his story began to fade from view, until decades later, the 2020 murder of George Floyd reignited the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked new conversations about the 1955 lynching that once shocked the country. Journalist Marion Brooks created the Emmett Till: Then and Now documentary that reexplores Till's life and death through the lens of his loved ones -- including Wheeler Parker who was there the day Emmett died.
The Takeaway with Alex
The only weekly Chicago podcast explaining the news through approachable conversations with expert journalists. What we know, how we know it – and most importantly – why it matters. Alex Maragos sits down with the people who have a front row seat to the biggest stories in Chicago and beyond.
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