August 28, 2021 marks the 66th anniversary of Emmett Till’s gruesome murder in the Mississippi Delta. He would have turned 80 years old this year—just two years older than the current President of the United States. It is time for our region, state, and country to finally honor Emmett Till and his courageous mother with the creation of an Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Mississippi Delta Civil Rights National Historic Park.
Willie Williams
Reverend William Williams serves as the pastor at the Raleigh United Methodist Church in Sumner, Miss., and is a co-chair of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission.