In the last 12 years, signs commemorating the murder of Emmett Till have been vandalized dozens of times causing thousands of dollars in property damage. No one has ever been arrested. On Saturday evening, a Confederate memorial was vandalized on the University of Mississippi campus. Within minutes, the police arrested Zachary Borenstein and charged him […]
Dave Tell
Dave Tell is Professor of Communication Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas. He is the author of “Remembering Emmett Till” (University of Chicago Press, 2019) and a founder of the Emmett Till Memory Project. He is a historical consultant for the Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County. Follow him on Twitter at @tell_dave.