Remembering The Young Life of Emmett Till On This Day
Remembering Emmett Till. On July 25, 1941, Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago, Illinois. At just 14 years old, Emmett would become an enduring symbol of racial injustice in…
Unrest in Cairo: Remembering the 1967 Illinois Race Riots
On July 17, 1967, the city of Cairo, Illinois, descended into chaos following the suspicious death of Private Robert Hunt, a young Black soldier found hanged in a local jail…