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    May 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Local reverend defends Obama on same-sex marriage

    The leader of President Barack Obama’s former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president’s endorsement last week of same-sex marriage.
    Tribune reporter
    The leader of President Barack Obama’s former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president’s endorsement last week of same-sex marriage. The Rev. Otis Moss III, the senior...

    Tags: Separation of Church and State, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Trinity United Church of Christ

    2. May 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Penn & Teller pianist Mike Jones swings back into the Mill

    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber – hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook.
    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber – hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook. But this...

    Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Charlie Parker, Penn Jillette, Dick Hyman

    3. May 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Artist Willie Middlebrook's last cry of rage

    A month ago, I found myself at the hospital bedside of my friend Willie Middlebrook, as he lay paralyzed on his right side. It was a week before his latest solo show was due to open at Avenue 50 Studio, the community art gallery in Highland Park, and a few weeks before his work "Wanderers" would be unveiled at the Expo Line's new Crenshaw station.
    A month ago, I found myself at the hospital bedside of my friend Willie Middlebrook, as he lay paralyzed on his right side. It was a week before his latest solo show was due to open at Avenue 50 Studio, the community art gallery in Highland Park, and a...

    Tags: Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics, Martin Luther King Jr., Health, Racism

    4. Apr 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Revive sensible gun laws

    Supporters of the protests that followed the suspicious death of Trayvon Martin are raising a good question: What next?
    Supporters of the protests that followed the suspicious death of Trayvon Martin are raising a good question: What next? Many have compared the shooting of the 17-year-old Floridian to the brutal 1955 murder of Emmett Till, the black Chicago teenager...

    Tags: Chicago, Gun Control, Lobbying, Shootings, Jeb Bush

    5. Mar 17, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Here's why people are so angry over Trayvon Martin's death

    On Sept. 23, 1955, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam fired up stogies and smooched their wives. About an hour earlier, a Mississippi jury had mulled their fates.
    On Sept. 23, 1955, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam fired up stogies and smooched their wives. About an hour earlier, a Mississippi jury had mulled their fates. The men had stood trial for abducting a 14-year-old black boy. They pounded his face into ground...

    Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Pryor, Ocoee, O.J. Simpson

    6. Mar 22, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. To be black in America

    WASHINGTON -- For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us.
    WASHINGTON -- For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us. How many George...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Racism, Civil Rights

    7. Mar 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Trayvon Martin case: Florida's license to kill

    Nearly a month after an unarmed black teenager was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain, police in Sanford, Fla., have yet to make an arrest. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was returning from a convenience store near the house of his father'...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Judges, Gun Control, Shootings, Laws

    8. Mar 25, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Trayvon Martin case shows racist assumptions persist

    For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us. How many George Zimmermans are...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, The Washington Post

    9. Mar 24, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Outrage unites people of all colors, but divide still exists

    The rolling outrage over the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in Sanford, has found an unifying slogan.
    The rolling outrage over the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in Sanford, has found an unifying slogan. It was shouted by a young man with a raised fist in New York City. It was tweeted by country singer and gay activist Chely Wright....

    Tags: Media Industry, Laws, Jennifer Kesse, Al Sharpton, NAACP

    10. Mar 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Baltimore showing solidarity with slain Fla. teen

    Today marks one month since Trayvon Martin's death, and thousands of people are expected to descend on the small Florida city where the youth was slain by a neighborhood watch volunteer, including an NFL star and a prominent church leader from Baltimore.
    Today marks one month since Trayvon Martin's death, and thousands of people are expected to descend on the small Florida city where the youth was slain by a neighborhood watch volunteer, including an NFL star and a prominent church leader from Baltimore....

    Tags: Community College of Baltimore County, Ray Lewis, Government, Health and Safety at School, Baptist

    11. Mar 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Trayvon Martin case: In Sanford, Fla., hundreds speak as one

    SANFORD, Fla. -- The nation&rsquo;s leading civil rights advocates and hundreds of outraged people packed this laid-back lakeside community Monday to demand the arrest of the man who killed African American teenager Trayvon Martin, even as city police sources revealed <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-case-20120326,0,4845076.story" target="_self">details</a> of the confrontation that portrayed the unarmed Martin as the aggressor.
    SANFORD, Fla. -- The nation’s leading civil rights advocates and hundreds of outraged people packed this laid-back lakeside community Monday to demand the arrest of the man who killed African American teenager Trayvon Martin, even as city police...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trayvon Martin, Jesse Jackson, Justice and Rights, Murder

    12. Mar 25, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  12. Trayvon Martin: Gov. Rick Scott promises thorough investigation

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    On NBC's "Meet the Press," presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin said Trayvon could be this generation's Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy who was lynched in 1955 in Mississippi. Emmett's killing "sparked the civil rights movement," Goodwin...
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Emmett Till Photos
DuSable Museum of African American History, March 27 Ch...
(June 24, 2011)
'UnTill Emmett Till'
Emmett Till with his mother, Mamie, in 1955, the year t...
(August 27, 2009)
Emmett Till and mother, Mamie Till
Emmett Tills cousin Simeon Wright and Cook County Sheri...
(July 10, 2009)
Emmett Till’s cousin Simeon Wright and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart talk about Emmett Till’s original casket that sits in disrepair in a structure on the grounds of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
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