Members of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation found an unserved 1955 warrant in the Leflore County Courthouse on June 21, 2022, for the arrest of suspects in the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Leflore County native Dr. Emmitt Y. Riley III calls for accountability from District Attorney DeWayne Richardson and other Black political leaders, demanding them to “open a new investigation and finally move toward justice for Emmett Till.”
Dr. Emmitt Riley
Dr. Emmitt Y. Riley, III is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. He also serves as the Director of the Africana Studies Program and is the co-author of “Racial Attitudes in America Today: One Nation, Still Divided.” Riley is a native of Itta Bena, Miss., and is an alumnus of Mississippi Valley State University, Jackson State University and the University of Mississippi.
