California
John Ed Cothran, 93, a former sheriff’s deputy who investigated the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till in Mississippi, died of heart failure Saturday at a health center in Grenada, Miss.
March 19, 2008
Travel & Experiences
There aren’t as many places to bowl as there once were (high real estate prices have forced some of the old alleys to close in recent years), but there are still centers in most corners of the county.
Feb. 25, 1993
Awards
“Till” departs from many past movies about the civil rights movement in one crucial respect: It places its Black characters front and center in their struggle, rather than giving them roles subsidiary to white saviors.
Dec. 18, 2022
Sports Now
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May 19, 2011
Ministry of Gossip
April 6, 2011
Movies
Danielle Deadwyler’s performance as Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till, is already attracting Oscar buzz. But she knows it’s way bigger than that.
Oct. 14, 2022
World & Nation
For more than a century, one of Mississippi’s largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood.
Aug. 10, 2021
Till’s killing in Mississippi helped propel the civil rights movement. For the Black teen’s family, the proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story.
July 25, 2023
Business
In what might signal a trend toward longer weekend hours at malls in Southern California, management of the chichi Beverly Center in West Los Angeles has decreed that the mall will stay open an additional three hours on Saturday evenings, beginning this weekend.
Sept. 25, 1987
Obituaries
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till who was with the boy on the night he was kidnapped and later killed for whistling at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store, has died.
Sept. 5, 2017