Emmett Till's cousin Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr....the last surviving witness to the lynching
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Emmett Till's cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last person alive to see him before he was lynched and murdered, tells the story of what happened on Aug. 28, 1955, and what led up to his brutal slaughter by white supremacists. Join the At the Table conversation with Parker, a south suburban minister, and Christopher Benson, who co-authored the memoirs of Parker and Till's mother Mamie Till Mobley.
Thank you soooooo much for continuing to keep this on the front burner❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
🙏🏿 amen
Glad to see you alive and looking strong brother keep the legacy going ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
They Was Killing Us. Now We Killing Each Other. Not Much Has Changed ❤😢❤
Every race kills its own, some are just more publicized. But that doesn't excuse others, especially law enforcement when it is not justified. We pay law enforcement to protect us, not to act like the very thugs who are brutalizing our communities..
@@dwenterprises656not like we do
God rest the Souls of; Emmett Till and Mamie Till, Alexander Mclay Williams, George Stinney Jr, and the Scotsborough 9. And all those who were lynched and killed.
You will never be forgotten.🤜🏾🤛🏾
" the Scotsborough 9. And all those who were lynched and killed."
The Scottsboro Boys were neither lynched not killed. All of them served brief sentences and were all eventually pardoned.
It was an injustice, no doubt. However, the legal system did work to free them.
@@mark9531 I am all aware of the situation, but for those who were wrongly convicted! I was generalising.
@@KungFu_Dean78 You are absolutely correct. And they WERE wrongly arrested. Even though, eventually they were released.
I feel very sorry for Emmett Till :(
His mother said he hàd a speeçh problem from polio. He would whisle to not studder, he did not whistle àt bryant
Emmett wolf-whistled at Carolyn Bryant. His cousins were there and witnessed it. A wolf-whistle is different than an ordinary whistle.
Thank You for covering this. I am sharing!
Do you also feel sorry for Emmett TIll's father? What happened to him? look it up, this isn't part of the official narrative.
@@johnellis5865his father died in the war
@@johnellis5865His step dad died in the 2000
@johnellis5865 - It doesn't have to be part of the narrative. It's not relative.
I recommend watching the interview from 1991 with Mami Till Mobley. She mentions that Emmett had a stuttering problem and he would struggle to pronounce certain letters. When he was having a hard time speaking/stuttering, she would instruct him to stop, then whistle. This would allow him to "reset". She also believes that he did not say anything fresh to anyone and that his whistle was not towards the white woman in the General Store, but just him resetting his speech.
Also - consider reading the book: Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America (2004).
I think His Father was lied on just like Emmet. May They Both RIP🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
OMG THIS STATE Was telling how to bury her only child 😢
It's just a shame. The fact that you could be hurt because of a " a reckless eyeball."
This is the most important thing that happened because it was so much different that stands out from the rest because of his mother was the first black person to get it on the news on TV and the newspaper and the magazine before anyone else never did it before that got others to do the same thing like rose Parker and doctor martin luther king jr with the power of TV and their was nothing like it before at the times before it to get it out in the open and not keep it from people anymore
The correct name is Robert's Temple Church of God in Christ not Church of Christ: TO know history is to know OUR history
I know Rev wheeler parker has dealt with survivors remorse but I really wish he had told a adult what was happening. He was 16 yrs old and the only one from Chicago that knew how crazy and sick those white racist were. That was a life or death situation. Mr. Parker should have put fear aside and some more to speak up so Emmett could leave Mississippi before trouble got too bad. He knew goofing around could cause a issue so him not saying "we have to tell a adult, Emmett is in serious trouble" cost Emmett his life. They had 3/4 days to say something...I know Emmett didn't just forget about it and wheeler being the older cousin should have taking it more seriously
Good evening Mone. " I really wish he had told a adult"
How about the remorse of evil men.
There are dozen scenarios, which, had they been handled differently, this tragedy could have been prevented.
But, you can't blame innocent 16 year old teens for the wicked deeds of 12 evil drunken men.
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It would have only taken ONE of these evil men to have said, at any time;
"Wait. This is wrong. Let's stop what we are doing and take this boy back to his family. And the let's go home."
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Secondly, word got back to adults. And adults decided;
"Let the boy finish out his stay"
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Hindsight is 20/20
It is easy to look back and say; "What if..."
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ALL of these variables were out of the control of some 12-16 year old teenagers from the Delta of Mississippi.
Good morning Mone.
People shoot at Wheeler Parker simply because he is the last man standing.
There were 11 people at that store that evening August 24 1955. Most of them were cousins of Emmett's and were staying at the Wright house.
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All but one of those cousins was older than Parker.
It would have been just as much their responsibility to have told Mose Wright about the incident at the store.
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Ruthie Mae Crawford, 18, Roosevelt Crawford, 17, John Crawford, 22, Robert Wright, 16, Simeon Wright, 12, Wheeler Parker, 16, Albert Johnson, Jr., Curtis Jones, 18, Elliott Thelton “Pete” Parker, 17, Maurice Wright, 18.
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That hate and division isn't gonna spread itself, right cst.
The movie didn't betray Emmett as having a speech impediment (studer).
There were some things in the movie that didn't line up with information provided by family members and those that were at the store.
@@tbwms3243 Good evening tb. I haven't seen you around for a while.
You are correct about the movie.
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There are two things you cannot depend upon from a Hollywood movie;
History and religion.
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Hollywood is not in the business of teaching history, or leading anyone into faith.
Hollywood is only interested in making money. And they are not above playing loose with the facts to do it.
Isn't this guy the same one who sent condolences to Carolyn Bryant's family after she passed?
Didn't he also say Emmitt Whistled at that woman when he didn't?
That's right. It's called Stockholm Syndrome. The black afro-American's mind is really fucked up and rotten from the programming administered by the white devils and demons in human form.
Good evening Brett. You said; "he also say Emmitt Whistled at that woman when he didn't"
I would never judge a grieving mother who is trying to protect the honor of her son.
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In the dozens and dozens of interviews Mamie Till Mobley gave, *once and only once* she gave Emmett's stutter as the explanation of his whistle.
But the fact remains, Mamie Till Mobley was not at Bryant Store in Money Mississippi on August 24, 1955
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But 11 people were. And all these 11, who were there, testified that Emmett wolf-whistled at Carolyn Bryant.
Here are the 11:
Ruthie Mae Crawford, 18, Roosevelt Crawford, 17, John Crawford, 22, Robert Wright, 16, Simeon Wright, 12, Wheeler Parker, 16, Albert Johnson, Jr., Curtis Jones, 18, Elliott Thelton “Pete” Parker, 17, Carolyn Bryant, 21, Maurice Wright, 18.
There is a question as to whether Curtis Jones was there.
Their were 2 white women in that store.............. Carolyn Bryant and Mrs Milan................ one of White mens wife who murdered Emitt.... J.W.Milan
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milan.................. call the white men names