Emmett Till’s family gathered at the shore of the Tallahatchie River today, to see the unveiling of a new, bulletproof memorial in honor of the civil rights martyr.@_Jahan reports from Mississippi https://t.co/lqQ6vebVSV

— Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) October 19, 2019

The memorial for Emmett Till has to be bulletproof partially to protect it from college students at my university and that university has the statue of an armed Confederate soldier greeting me everyday I teach. That statue doesn’t have one bullet shot into it. Evil is learned.

— Kiese (@KieseLaymon) October 20, 2019