The Emmett Till Exhibit is here! Visit the exhibit and attend the various events that are scheduled at Dakota State in the next few weeks. You're invited!
Exhibit location: On the Dakota State University campus in the Karl E. Mundt Library, 820 N. Egan Avenue, Madison, SD.
Event schedule and locations: Emmett Till Upcoming Events
Photos and video of the exhibit and the corresponding presentations will be posted: Emmett Till exhibit and Presentations
About the exhibit: "In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14 year-old black boy from Chicago, went to spend the summer with his relatives in Money, Mississippi. Shortly after his arrival in the Mississippi Delta, Emmett was kidnapped and murdered for reportedly whistling at a white woman. The two men accused of committing the crime, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury. Shortly thereafter, the duo confessed their guilt, sparking outrage around the world. The murder of Emmett Till is viewed by many as the harbinger of the American Civil Rights Movement. Composed of newspaper headlines, articles, personal correspondences, family photographs, oral histories and other primary source materials, the Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit takes visitors back to the Mississippi of 1955 during the trial. The panels are arranged thematically and allow visitors to examine the facts and suggestions which surrounded the case" ("Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit," Delta State University).
The Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit was developed by the Delta State University Archives & Museum.The exhibit and presentations were made possible by the generous support of Dakota State University, Karl E. Mundt Library, College of Arts & Sciences, and Office of Diversity Services. This program was made possible by Delta State University, the Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the South Dakota Humanities Council.
Exhibit location: On the Dakota State University campus in the Karl E. Mundt Library, 820 N. Egan Avenue, Madison, SD.
Event schedule and locations: Emmett Till Upcoming Events
Photos and video of the exhibit and the corresponding presentations will be posted: Emmett Till exhibit and Presentations
About the exhibit: "In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14 year-old black boy from Chicago, went to spend the summer with his relatives in Money, Mississippi. Shortly after his arrival in the Mississippi Delta, Emmett was kidnapped and murdered for reportedly whistling at a white woman. The two men accused of committing the crime, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury. Shortly thereafter, the duo confessed their guilt, sparking outrage around the world. The murder of Emmett Till is viewed by many as the harbinger of the American Civil Rights Movement. Composed of newspaper headlines, articles, personal correspondences, family photographs, oral histories and other primary source materials, the Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit takes visitors back to the Mississippi of 1955 during the trial. The panels are arranged thematically and allow visitors to examine the facts and suggestions which surrounded the case" ("Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit," Delta State University).
The Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit was developed by the Delta State University Archives & Museum.The exhibit and presentations were made possible by the generous support of Dakota State University, Karl E. Mundt Library, College of Arts & Sciences, and Office of Diversity Services. This program was made possible by Delta State University, the Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the South Dakota Humanities Council.
