The Last Surviving Witness to Emmett Till’s Abduction Finally Tells His Story

The Last Surviving Witness to Emmett Till’s Abduction Finally Tells His Story | Amanpour and Company

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The lynching of Emmett Till was a case that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving eyewitness to the tragedy, details his memories in a new book, "A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till." Now a pastor, district superintendent and public speaker, the Rev. Parker speaks with Michel Martin.
Originally aired on January 26, 2023
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@Msladyrae92 Жыл бұрын

Never stop telling his story! Every generation needs to know.

@realbeautyness25 Жыл бұрын

WE NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF AND MOVE ON THAT'S WHAT THEY KEEP TELLING US AS BLACK PEOPLE LIKE WE GOT ⚖️ JUSTICE THIS NATION NEEDS TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES

@lisacateyes53 Жыл бұрын

Not in Florida, it might make a Klansman uncomfortable says Ron DeSatan.

@dorothyvailes3447 Жыл бұрын

@@realbeautyness25 What??

@audreymcdougle4193 Жыл бұрын

@@lisacateyes53Desantis is no difference a num nut “for a male that think He know what a woman body go through ,he think he has a right to decide what a women endure How would he feel if. He is told that his penis Néed to be remove? Not a man know what a woman go through . It is her body no man can tell a woman about her body. And personally Desantis is a idiot.

@horsegonewild Жыл бұрын

@@realbeautyness25Never stop talking about the atrocities that white men committed. Keeping it hidden only keeps this occurring. Shine a light on evil. Let the world see it. Chase it back to hell where it belongs.

@shawnsimmons1308 Жыл бұрын

As a white father raising my boys in the South, thank you so much for conducting this interview!! I have just sat down with my boys to watch this interview and we had a very insightful discussion about Emmett Till and how our nation still has so much work to do to make life better and safer for all of our fellow human beings. Thank you!!

@AmanpourandCompany Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, Shawn!

@trixesatelier Жыл бұрын

The right thing to do, thank you.

@peggylonett3980 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for raising compassionate human beings. Please continue to remind your sons that all people deserve to be treated equally.

@rucianapollard4057 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Simmons! We all need each other and we have to love each other.

@deeznutz8320 Жыл бұрын

Man poor kids having a cuckhold for a dad so sad Did you show them what Blacks do to white in America? Show them Cannon Higgins

@cynthialangley7338 Жыл бұрын

This is a story of pure evil. As a child, I lived in the South, and was aware that lynchings were going on. The hatred was so intense and so deep, you had to live there and experience it to understand it. Emmet was just an innocent boy who was savagely tortured and murdered by a group of grown men. There are no words to express the horror of what was done to him.

@darylroyall7872 Жыл бұрын

@dianaladder2355 Жыл бұрын

But it still goes on today by many blks towards whites and Asians nothing has changed just got worse with all the murders, shooting, slaughter, robings, lootings, blkgangs, blkkids, shooting teachers and other races, burning down stores and business everyday on the news this is all you see and hear all done by blks

@debramerritt4320 Жыл бұрын

TRUTH!!

@schelliegris7481 Жыл бұрын

So horrifying. I can't possibly grasp the stress living like that.😢💔

@dins5066 Жыл бұрын

Emmett and his killer's are together with Jesus now 🙏

@saralynn518 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for having him tell his story. It's just heartbreaking on so many levels.

@AmanpourandCompany Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@marjorjorietillman856 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, there were so many more Emmit Tills that didn’t make the news, because they knew the same would happen to them. Even the little girls they blew up at church, nothing was done about them. The “Soil of the South” has so many dead bodies that were buried at night, because they could accuse Blacks of any offense, and it resulted in a severe beating or death. Countless murders that nobody answered for, because Blacks knew to keep quiet!😢🙏🏽

@dawnpratt846 Жыл бұрын

I'll never get tired of hearing it and even I will continue to tell this story as well ‼️

@audreymcdougle4193 Жыл бұрын

I personally thought that Emmit Till coming to the south was not smart . That was the worst choice that anyone could really think that a Black child was not safe . The mother let her cousin talk her into letting Emmit to the south. Bad bad move just my opinion

@saralynn518 Жыл бұрын

@@audreymcdougle4193 I think hindsight is 20/20. There was a large enough family to watch Emmett and protect him. It wasn't Emmett's fault that he did something that is definitely prohibited in the South. We make errors with other people, but it's usually forgiven or was misunderstood. This was a different time and there is not an atom of me that will ever know the feelings of the families and Emmett. Our world today is very different. Horrifying racism and prejudice happens every day now. A lot of people were brainwashed to believe black people were less than, non-human, a disease to avoid, a disposable life. Safety concerns were active in the North as well as the South. Have you ever gone to a new, scary, or dangerous place, but had someone with you who was local and understood the surroundings. You'd feel much safer. His mom probably thought that he would safe in the arms of his extended family. That wasn't the problem. It was a simple cultural mistake. When we visit other places, foreign or domestic, we never really know the customs or repercussions of our actions. Emmett did something harmless, but in the wrong place at the wrong time. He never even knew. Carolyn's lies were not unusual of the times. It didn't make it right.

@Gina-fl9sk Жыл бұрын

Since the first time I learned of this horrific and sickening act I have been horrified that anyone could justify such treatment of a human being let alone a young child. It still brings tears to my eyes. Such inhumanity exists to this day in all parts of the world and in the USA.

@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@rucianapollard4057 Жыл бұрын

@spider man Correct, no one is born racist! But to allow yourself to BECOME a racist and to live a life of hatred is a sin and a waste!!

@leejohnson6328 Жыл бұрын

God will have to bring his judgment on them

@rucianapollard4057 Жыл бұрын

@spider man You are making excuses for something that can't be excused! We do NOT have to become a product of our society, that's a real copout! People rise above their circumstances all of the time!! What about the kid who grew up in a household where both parents abused drugs? He decides that he doesn't want to be like them, so he stays away from drugs, works hard in school and goes on to become a Harvard graduate!! His "society" was drug abuse, but he didn't make the excuse, my parents do drugs so I will too! He rose above that!! So I say for the LAST TIME, racism is a CHOICE!

@keyviusgray3676 Жыл бұрын

@spider man 👞

@maggiejohnson5244 Жыл бұрын

I feel blessed that my high school history teacher had us learn about this in depth. Incredibly, the exact narrative as Rev.s was taught to me back in 2014. Emmets story should be part of every US history curriculum.

@naudiabenton3226 10 ай бұрын

I definitely said this is something I should’ve learned in school. But okay so what im not understanding is even if it was after trial that the accused confessed to their crimes .. why wasn’t anything done atp? Like why is it still excuses as to why justice can’t be served

@chelleglenney156 9 ай бұрын

I agree, I asked my sons if they knew of Emmitt Till and was surprised they had not. 😢 The movie "Till" really captures what happened and I had my 12 year old watch it with me.

@kmyles8599 Жыл бұрын

Grown men tortured and killed a child...let that sink in.

@workingthrumyissues Жыл бұрын

Rasheem Carter... decapitated in Mississippi last November. 3 trucks all W men chasing him. He called his mom before he came up missing and said" if anything happens to me the owner of the company did it."Rip all the Emmitts in the world.

@iron352 Жыл бұрын

That is what they do socalled white men they gang up on black people because they are cowards that's what cowards do, real men fight face to face

@trulyworkfromhome6767 Жыл бұрын

Yes I heard about this. So sad😢

@jesuswilljudge7296 Жыл бұрын

He had a red shirt on, it was off while in the woods

@brandycoke713 Жыл бұрын

😡😡😡

@danielleschiazza6172 Жыл бұрын

I remember this case too! I believe his family went down there and the locals were disrespectful and talking shit. I think this is the one I saw. I'm going to look it up.

@beatriceaboa9031 Жыл бұрын

When you are a child and you find yourself in a frightening situation, your only hope is for an adult... mother, father, uncle, to come rescue you. And when he said he (Emmett) couldn't call out to his grandfather for help bc he (the grandfather) was IN TROUBLE TOO I felt that & immediately burst into tears.🤧 That was the level of HELPLESSNESS in that house that night. Lord!!😭😭

@pinkiesue849 Жыл бұрын

sorry for my ignorance, but why was Emmetts grandfather in trouble.

@yungheat84 Жыл бұрын

@@pinkiesue849wtf you think ?

@blackredneck4378 Жыл бұрын

@@pinkiesue849 research it.

@ENERGY-ng6no Жыл бұрын

Research Jim Crow laws and Black Codes

@MyBluebonnet Жыл бұрын

@@pinkiesue849 because as a Black man he had no rights, he was helpless. What could his grandfather do?

@user-eu7sd7do3f Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. for your account of the lynching. I met Emmett when I was nine, two weeks before he was heading to spend the summer down south. He was 14, with the most beautiful eyes, I was smitten! This burden I've also carried, so happy to know, finally Emmett's story is known!!!!

@rucianapollard7098 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow!! Where did you meet Emmett??

@mutechannel13 Жыл бұрын

Wheeler and Simeon told this story Soooo many times. He tells the story the same way everytime. R.I.P Simeon and Emmett. Wheeler is the man.

@aw6408 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@buffalosoldier585 Жыл бұрын

What are you taking about black men do value black women .You must be white.

@Cnichal Жыл бұрын

@@johndoe9362 ?

@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@beatriceaboa9031 Жыл бұрын

That silent prayer in the dead of night was REAL! "Lord, I'm going to die!" That struck me really deep💔

@cboy5oc Жыл бұрын

I believe the story. It is heart-rending that adults would treat a young person so vulnerable that way, then lie to justify their actions. I can't wrap my head around the cruelty and hate. It is the same hate that is active today in politics and that divides our country. I am ashamed, we should have learned by now.

@shallupe5317 Жыл бұрын

AGREE...

@dramese Жыл бұрын

When you dehumanise people, you are justice and incentivise to do all the evil things to them without remorse. Fox News is creating the same atmosphere at the moment.

@alee7322 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t learned and are going backwards.

@marjorjorietillman856 Жыл бұрын

@@shallupe5317 I tried the Republican Party for almost 10 years, but the racism in that party is NEVER challenged; therefore, I couldn’t remain there. There’re some things I disagree with in the Democratic Party, such as discounting biological science disputing real women, but I vehemently hate racism, because I grew up in it. And I’m very uncomfortable rubbing shoulders with racist folks, because you have to endure it, but I couldn’t! 🙏🏽

@verlania7539 Жыл бұрын

@spider man yes they are. This is the stupidest comment I think I've ever seen. It's like you are making an excuse for you neanderthals

@marywarren9264 Жыл бұрын

Emmett was just being a child. And Emmett was being a free human . And those evil people had no right to murder that child, the way they did. But I promise you this ,they are going to have to stand before Jesus every last one of them will pay 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾.

@waynejohnson3121 Жыл бұрын

Amen

@marygreen1994 Жыл бұрын

Amen❤

@debbiebodden2243 Жыл бұрын

Amen

@debbiebodden2243 Жыл бұрын

Who the hell do white people think they are

@dawnpratt846 Жыл бұрын

Has she ❓

@annaanderson-bg1pp Жыл бұрын

Pure evil what they did to that young man who had his whole life taken away, yet she got to live her life.

@annetteredd7403 Жыл бұрын

This is why the day of their extrujudgement comes upon mankind.Whereas tm weak, desolate and down trodden can,t recieve justice, the almighty God or Allah will be the judge, jury and exicutioner on those who deprived the whole of humanity from their true liberty and human rights. It is said that during God,s judgement, mankind will not be able to deny what he did during their time of existence. For all the things he committed will be revealed to him or her,(good or bad). And they will not be able to deny their pass , for what will be revealed will be the unadulterated truth concerning their life and time on the planet earth.

@sjcbless0228 Жыл бұрын

The word EVIL doesn't come close to describe what happen to this beautiful young man. Its so disheartening to know that racism really hasn't changed enough in this world. People are still having to deal with injustice, what is it going to take to remind our world that we are all cut from the same cloth? ( Human) We need to make sure to educate ourselves as well as our children that this is unacceptable. The energy that it takes to HATE seems so exhausting, all that energy is so much more rewarding to smile or hold a door open for someone. Take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself What can I benefit from hate? What can I do to be that change?

@lynncantrell2782 Жыл бұрын

You are right about racism. Now it’s black people hating white people. Why can’t we just love each other for who we are

@jds0084 Жыл бұрын

I have heard this story countless times, and each time, it breaks my heart. 💔😢

@sherrysingleton5265 Жыл бұрын

Yes; sadly there were many stories that never got told.

@brookybrooke2056 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 77’ 22 years after it happen my parents told me the story and I knew it very well, my 17yr old daughter knows the story and her children will know this story! #WeWillNeverForget

@neeciiw7840 10 ай бұрын

Ameen🙌🏾

@corneliuswhite5139 Жыл бұрын

My heart is literally racing while Rev. Parker recounts this story.

@Cnichal Жыл бұрын

I asked my grandmother what made her fall in love with her 1st husband. She claims she didn’t love him (after having 6 boys together 🙄), but she NEEDED to get out of Mississippi and he had just joined the army. My great aunt said grandma stopped smiling, when she was younger and still living in Mississippi. I always wondered about that…. My grandmother was a very pretty light skinned woman and we were always told that we had native ancestry. However, when my mom did a DNA test, it said she is 24% white… I don’t even know what that would mean for my grandmother. But my mom is kinda of light, and she did not get that from her father. Who was much darker. I want to know. And do not all at the same time. But later I found out, that everyone knows what the unspoken rules are in the south… My family has had land stolen, we have been rapped, tortured, maimed and killed. We are all so very very tired of this shit. I wish I was given the $5 million offer, that they had in California. I would take that money and get the fuck out of this shit-hole country, so goddamn fast! You would see dust, like roadrunner.🏃🏾‍♀️💨

@tracydukeplump Жыл бұрын

Blacks in California got a $5M offer in reperations?

@reeree5259 10 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry for all of this for you and your family. It's horrendous

@britbrat1127 Ай бұрын

I’m lighter than both of my parents and I’m unmistakably, undoubtedly my father’s child. Genetics were taught to us in high school. People come out all kooky kinds of ways irregardless of their racial backgrounds.

@angelae5748 Ай бұрын

What $5 million dollar offer are you referring to? My mom's side of the family is from the backwoods of Mississippi (in 2024 their hometown's town population is less than 400), and most of them moved to Los Angeles, CA. So, I'm curious about you mentioning a $5 million dollar offer. What offer are you referring to?

@lauriedavidson1585 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely believe every word this sweet man said about Emmett, what happened at the store, and all that transpired after. The folks responsible for Emmett's death, including the woman at the store, should have all died the same way poor Emmett did. What they did to him was unconscionable.

@BSOG3 Жыл бұрын

The woman, Carolyn Bryant, is still alive. A few years ago she admitted that she lied about Emmet being aggressive towards her inside of the store. As this man is saying, he whistled. In the meantime, the two men who took him were originally only planning to "rough him up" not kill him because they knew he was a northern boy and they respected his grandfather. However, when they got him to the scene, they noticed that the boy was "arrogant", wouldn't back down, didn't act what they referred to as "n*gger scared" (i.e. crying , begging, pleading, etc...)" and he wouldn't admit to doing anything wrong. He also wouldn't say "yes sir" to them and when they asked him if he thought he was equal to white folks, he said "yes". They tried to beat and torture that out of him and still he kept saying "yes" to the question. It infuriated them. Eventually, they put a gun to his head and he still wouldn't comply. They shot him in the back of the head and then had the three Black men who witnessed the entire ordeal discard the body. Carolyn Bryant was originally in the truck when they picked Emmett up. She verified his identity and the rest is history. She had no compassion for the child nor for his mother. Vile.

@karenryder6317 Жыл бұрын

And what was even worse, as mr. parker recounts here, is that when they were able to profit from their crime, they confessed but still continued to lie about Emmett's character. I can't imagine how it must have hurt the family to hear the way he was so falsely and wrongly portrayed in order to justify what they did. I'm sure there are people who still believe that Emmett was cocky about all the white women he'd had. This is blaming the victim ("it's your fault that I beat you") of the worst kind and a gaslighting that persists to this day.

@robertafierro5592 Жыл бұрын

They pulled himout of his Uncles house. His Uncle never got over it, because he had promised his family that Emmet would be just fine.

@sarahbyrd772 Жыл бұрын

We traveled to the south from NY. However, by that time my grandfather and great grandmother owned their own land so we didn't have to go to town. We had fruit trees, pecan trees, watermelon fields, and so on. Thank God

@jessiefrye3045 Жыл бұрын

You should have NEVER been scared, or worried, about your own well being. Not. Ever!

@sarahbyrd772 Жыл бұрын

@@jessiefrye3045 we weren't there was a swamp off of my grandfather's land white hunter would have to drive by my grandparents home to get to it. When coming through they'd stop and speak to my grandparents they call them Mister and Miss. They never called him boy or the n-word in pur presence. My grandfather never jumped for them either. He went from sharecropping to ownership.

@annetteparham4118 Жыл бұрын

I am grateful that you decided to tell your story. Painful as it is to retell it so many times, it is a necessity that the whole truth be known. DeSantis and others can never erase truth. You have been kept for such a time as this. God Bless you.

@derekfuller2255 Жыл бұрын

This bloodline of nephillim is still here on this earth.Demonic race of people

@chrischildress5431 Жыл бұрын

As a man of God as he claims to be I'm not sure why it took him so long to tell his story if he believed God had his back then why would he wait forever to tell his story.

@solemandd67 Жыл бұрын

My soul hurts for you Reverend Parker. I'm sure every time you tells this story, you relive it. The emotional PTSD from constantly reliving that terror, from that level of evil, at such a young age must be draining. This rabid reaction from the same amerikkklan kkkracker kkkaren and kkken Nazis who wrap themselves in the flag and call themselves patriots is disgusting. This kkkountry has many racist hate crimes to atone for. Thank you Sir for keeping the reality of Emmitt Till's life and malicious murder on our minds. 🚫⚖️🚫☮️

@pinkiesue849 Жыл бұрын

Annette: please share with me what does DeSantis have to do with this. He is in Florida & not born until 1978 or so.

@parrishharris3008 Жыл бұрын

Exactly 🤔

@ckite5424 Жыл бұрын

So many humanitarian, wise, compassionate, observations made in these comments. Along with acknowledging that and the strength of this good man coming forth with his story, I must compliment this interviewer. She asked alll the right questions with calm and sensitivity. Great job!

@Ahmedkhan8802 Жыл бұрын

I first learned the case of Emmett Till when watching the PBS series Eyes on the Prize. It was jolting to my senses then and has been equally jolting each time I've listened to it or read about it all during the ensuing decades. I am a 78 year old white man - the state of Mississippi will always remain anathema to me.

@Max-rp2ft Жыл бұрын

What an absolute tragedy this story is.

@johndoe9362 Жыл бұрын

Black males WORLD-WIDE practice INTRA-racism and colorism against their own race of black women. Is that an absolute tragedy?

@buffalosoldier585 Жыл бұрын

Another White person trying to analyze black people I think you need to analyze your own people.

@anonymouslee8287 Жыл бұрын

What a tragic story that happen in taylorville, mississippi where rasheem carter, was killed and his bones was delivery to his mom in a shoe box...

@alanhudson2999 Жыл бұрын

God bless Rev Parker this man has lived this evil nightmare of a story since he was a kid God has kept this man here to remind us to never forget what happened to Emmitt Till let us not forget 😢

@ernestinetodd7744 Жыл бұрын

Ameen what's done in the dark has come to visit light truth be told

@pinkiesue849 Жыл бұрын

Agree. thank you Pastor Parker. I cannot believe evil, grown men could even think of doing this to a 14 year old.

@angelae5748 Ай бұрын

@@pinkiesue849Believe it...

@rajappashama6247 Жыл бұрын

What a precious dialogue for mankind. Many thanks.

@RD-ue9wb Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I know it had to be difficult to share, but the injustices of the world will not improve without truth. So, thank you.

@joannejohnson7006 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing this to us. A powerful message and truth

@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын

Yesssssssssssssssss

@soblue315 Жыл бұрын

"I want the world to see what they did to my boy." When choosing an open casket option,his mother said this. It was later on the cover of JET back then 😢 We saw, Mrs Till. We can't allow people to forget

@Nan-59 Жыл бұрын

I plan to buy your book as soon as my check comes in, in a few days. Sad and tragic 😢. I’m 63 years old, a white woman, and I never even knew about Emmett till until 2020 after George Floyd’s murder.! How damn sad is THAT!

@jlilly7913 Жыл бұрын

That's unbelievable. It shows that many of us are living in two different realities.

@naturelove831 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I thought everyone was aware of Till's story. If you have had a chance to read the book, do you mind sharing what you thought?

@janejohnson6912 Жыл бұрын

😢 if they have their way no one. It is the killing that sparked the civil rights movement of its time like George Floyd sparked BLM. This is always hard for me to hear. I brought the book. I have to wait pause prepare to listen to his eye witness account. Its gonna be hard. 😭

@gdubbs680 Жыл бұрын

Also learn about the Tulsa massacre. Not for you to feel guilty but because what was shapes what is. All people should know about this history then mabe this won't happen again.

@allthingsdelightful8565 Жыл бұрын

@@jlilly7913 well she is trying to learn. Its okay. She is learning now. Not everyone knows everything. Give her some grace.

@cherylalt101 Жыл бұрын

Heartbreaking, truly a tragedy. Change is coming way too slowly and people like DeSantis fighting it every step of the way. 🕊

@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@waynejohnson3121 Жыл бұрын

The Bible says you reap what you sow! What was first will be last, and what was last will be first!!! Praise God!!!

@lt3074 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. God sees everything & is just 🙏🏾

@verlania7539 Жыл бұрын

@@lt3074 The Most High...the Elohim of our nation, Israel, has a name, Yahuah

@Ro-pk3bq Жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling your story.

@bmuhamad Жыл бұрын

Blessings & Respect to a gentleman Giant, for your Sabra ( patience and perserverence).

@Lisa-kz7vw Жыл бұрын

That women who caused this poor child's brutal murder is alive still living in hiding never showed any remorse for what she caused this family his mother pure evil people say she got off she hasn't gotten away with anything we all pay for our crimes one way or the other she will pay in the afterlife just heartbreaking I can't stand to listen or hear about this case makes me so angry and sad😢😢😢

@chillout9808 Жыл бұрын

It's disgusting

@wolfandhoundh.a.e Жыл бұрын

Hell is waiting for her,

@lanitaogletree5619 Жыл бұрын

Trust me God is at work. He's keeping her alive for a reason. Only he knows. He's a Just God. We don't see what she is dealing with. He's dealing with her and so many more. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@hoodiek6802 Жыл бұрын

They recently found her

@avaava9059 Жыл бұрын

CAROLYN BRYANT! HER NAME IS CAROLYN BRYANT.

@kawannadixon4327 4 ай бұрын

There is absolutely no justification for what happened to this young boy vengeance is the Lord's 😢💔🙏🏿

@pacerts2911 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. Knowing our history is important. Knowing the truth is important. Yes, the Southern USA still has so much work to do. Not only white and black people ...but whites and everyone else.

@stedye Жыл бұрын

Incredible story and phenomenal interview ! Thanks Rev. Wheeler for sharing with us an important chapter in your life .

@bonniemiller4041 Жыл бұрын

So sad and tragic! Such a wonderful interview.

@mmafan3 Жыл бұрын

I am terribly sorry you had to endure this sir, but thank you for sharing. As a black man who grew up in the south and as a child, saw Emmett's image in Jet, i could hardly sleep or eat for a day or so

@connieperry1575 Жыл бұрын

Speechless with shame and horror.

@stephdrake2521 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir for your story and I’m so sorry what happened to Emmitt. Plz see the movie Till ….

@sharonallison9273 Жыл бұрын

What a relief to finally hear from someone who was there when this tragedy took place! I am so sorry this gentleman and his loved ones had to endure this much pain !💔 My dear brother was a victim of a similar style of being murdered in 1995, and I feel the "pain" of it constantly! I was born in 1956, so I am grateful for your story being written because it's not a secret that we still see this today! I personally am hopeful that the children of today will make things better. They deserve to live in a world filled with "hope and ❤️ love!" Thank you so much to all involved in bringing us this historic lesson! This was much-needed for historical purposes. This book will be enjoyed by many, I am sure!

@dewilew2137 Жыл бұрын

This man is not that old. To think that this is what life was like IN HIS LIFETIME. And not even in his early childhood, he was 16. Nearly a man. This was relatively recent. It’s crazy to think about.

@asill.6668 Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Tatyana342 11 ай бұрын

He was 12

@becca1673 11 ай бұрын

@@Tatyana342 I think Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was 16, Emmett was 14, and cousin/uncle Simeon was 12.

@Mone333Williams Ай бұрын

Wheeler should have had Emmett back. I don't feel like jw and Roy were the only ones jealous even hateful of Emmett. Imjs. Two Chicago kids but only one in trouble?? Wheeler should have told his grandfather to get Emmett outta there!

@Imissyoulou Жыл бұрын

I instilled in my son, to leave white women alone. I ALWAYS brought up Emmitt Till.

@Believerfearless Жыл бұрын

And that’s why today bm want them they’re seen as a trophy 🏆.

@Vonvon_ Жыл бұрын

@@Believerfearless seen by a trophy to a black man that doesn’t know his value

@verlania7539 Жыл бұрын

@@Vonvon_ 🎯🎯💯💯💯

@whywomenhatemyforeskin2910 Жыл бұрын

@@Believerfearless There are. Get with a BW all you gonna end up with is Glorilla or Megan The stallion type with brazy & always dancing half naked

@carhac66 Жыл бұрын

He didn't do anything to this lying woman. She just lied

@chazmack418 Жыл бұрын

I became obsessed with this story and begin doing research in 1990. I spoke by phone with one of the Black citizens in Greenville familiar with the story. He was more than accommodating and urged me to "come down" there. It became obvious I might meet some resistance from the mother as she had seemingly shut out most inquiries. I began to realize this was not going to be a cakewalk, aside from having no experience writing such script along with possible monetary considerations I'd have to bear. It seems it took Whoopi Goldberg 15 years to produce the film ans with that in mind, I serious doubt I would have been able to find funding. But then, one never knows. I decided against proceeding, but the story remined with me. Emmett was 6 years older than me and unlike him, I was born and raised in the south. Sadly, that could have happened to any young black kid., even if his actions were misunderstood by the whites. My parents died in the south in 2005 and were buried in a segregated cemetery.

@aurorawimbish8677 Жыл бұрын

This is so sad and yet they don't know there is a God that they will face , from the beginning of it all and for every person that was done this way #Godhavemercy

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

Why would they want to be buried with the people's that oppressed and tortured them all their lives.

@taylynn4728 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for telling your story. You were there so we needed to hear it from your perspective. Thank you for sharing the truth the real truth ❤

@user-de1dr9sl8l Жыл бұрын

I am from Australia and this story broke my heart the world needs to know about this story

@sj_snoww Жыл бұрын

You have to tell your cousin story because it important. You are his words and pain. This was a terrible tragedy lynching and total abuse. Gbless him and his parents.

@likeahrockstar4278 Жыл бұрын

I hate his life was spent recounting a tragedy that happened in his childhood. This man could have been known for many great things, but this has to be his legacy … 😔

@shannaidoo130 10 ай бұрын

I am just glad that Almighty God took charge of this man's life. Unfortunately, this sort of evil is prevalent throughout the world.

@dermotcraig3215 Жыл бұрын

There isn’t a justification in this world to justify what these evil men did to Emmitt Till, as a race we should be ashamed that these men lived out their lives free from conviction, But, I trust in the Lord Jesus & his just Justification. We failed this young boy & his family.

@dugebuwembo Жыл бұрын

🙏🏿 🙏🏿 🙏🏿

@Hidden_Horror Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story Rev Parker. Rest in peace Emmett Till .❤😢

@lindawellner5415 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling us

@azelms.chazjones8653 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience and story, Rev. Wheeler

@mstate_ Жыл бұрын

There is absolutely NO WAY I would have remained in the South after I became an adult or gone back 2 visit during those times especially in MS! They’re STILL this day a bunch of backwards, racists ppl in the country. My family would have had to come visit me where I was. Just the other day a story made national news where a young 23 yo melanated man went missing after reporting to the police he was being harassed by 3 white men in pickup trucks! His body was found decapitated in the woods! Mississippi will ALWAYS be burning 🔥 🤬

@towanniabrown6285 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping his legacy alive.

@deirdreyearwood3383 Жыл бұрын

Imagine the fear instilled in poor Emmett that day, but even worse, the fear in him on the day of his death at the hands of those thugs. They never saw Emmett as the innocent child that he was. In fact, they did not even see him as a human. His corpse was full evidence of that. I thank God that Mamie Till had the courage to show the world the evidence of this horrific event. Neither her nor Emmett ever got justice in their lifetimes, but I pray that his suffering was not in vain and that it has prevented even one death since. Nothing much has changed, but we continue to trust in God and to him be the glory. Thank you, Reverend Wheeler, for giving us a true recollection of the story. Mamie and Emmett continue to sleep peacefully 💔

@salliewalker-mq4gp Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your story and the truth. I believe every word you said. Please keep it alive, the world needs to know your version of what really happened.

@BJW6643 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for telling us your story ❤

@kristinnefertiti8267 Жыл бұрын

Bless you for your strength and commitment to telling the TRUTH! I couldn't imagine. Rest in peace, Emmitt.

@tdotgento8576 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Reverend Parker For Your Bravery And Sharing Your Truth!

@chopincam-robertpark6857 Жыл бұрын

excellent as usual

@tracysue1747 Жыл бұрын

I believe with all my heart too! The evil runs from the truth but can’t hide. My heart hurts for Emmett Till. Much love and peace to him. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🕊️👑

@bucketofbarnacles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Reverend Martin, for talking and writing about this.

@suezq809 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing the truth! Without bringing the evil into light it can never be fixed or purified

@vickyoakes4584 Жыл бұрын

This is heartbreaking.

@justtoya6945 Жыл бұрын

The white lady that lied on him needs to be arrested!

@Chele_B_Review Жыл бұрын

She recently died...may she roast in h*ll!

@eamonndeane587 2 ай бұрын

@@Chele_B_Review Good Riddence to Bad Rubbish.

@judysaffield2811 Жыл бұрын

The helplessness is awful. Being a grandparent and being helplessness to help your grandson has to be torturous. At that time period, do you think they would have been found guilty if tried in Chicago? I was 3 at that time in Ohio. How horrible, my heart goes out to the family.

@kittenbrave1003 Жыл бұрын

This interview should be added to the Emmett Till section of the AA History Museum in DC

@borntoraisehell5353 Жыл бұрын

I remember the rev when he was young. God Bless this Man! 👨 🧍‍♂️ 👨‍🦱

@alee7322 Жыл бұрын

My Father would take us to Alabama from Chicago to see family every year until I was 7yrs old, when my parents divorced. I remember being taught we could go anywhere but never walk on or cross these train tracks. The White people lived there, and we would be harmed. This was in the late 60’s early 70’s.

@olguiq1013 Жыл бұрын

I couldn't even fathom growing up with that fear. I seriously will NEVER understand the hatred.

@sumcrazychic2832 Жыл бұрын

We need to do so much more...

@beautifulx7405 Жыл бұрын

God continue to bless this man. 🙏🏽

@jessiefrye3045 Жыл бұрын

My ex boyfriend's stepfather knew far too much about Emmett Till and what happened. When he told me, things not known or made public about the case, I got physically ill. I ran out of their garage and got sick. I was shaking and started crying and couldn't stop. There is far more , things no one would want to know, or hear, about this case.

@denise3422 Жыл бұрын

@jessiefrye3025 what else do we not know about this tragedy. We are in a constant war aganist these soulless people with the calcified pineal gland causes them as a people to not have a conscious no moral compass. LOOK IT UP THAT PART OF THE BRAIN which ALLOWS US TO FEEL EMPATHY EMOTIONS & FEELINGS ETC ETC

@TAY-ui2no Жыл бұрын

Like what?! Explain 🙄

@Imissyoulou Жыл бұрын

@@TAY-ui2no Nothing. This story has been told and written about for years. Nothing new. It has all been revealed.

@sandracorley3944 Жыл бұрын

@TAY Maybe the stepfather was there! To me a person is seeking attention when making a statement but doesn't elaborate on it. Either way this story will NEVER be forgotten.

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

Like they broke every bone in his body, cut his ear off, gouged his eyes out, shot a hole through his head, I saw his mom do an interview for PBS, so what is it that we don't know?

@mslady1230 Жыл бұрын

No human being that has lived, who is now living or who will live in the future is getting away with anything.

@PSmith-um8lw Жыл бұрын

Everyone will have to answer to The Almighty Creator. Such a sad story to have happened to a child.

@wisdom_knowledge_revelation Жыл бұрын

It's 2023 and we still have alot of Carolyn Bryant's walking around til this day. We call them "KAREN'S"

@melissaverduin3693 Жыл бұрын

Didn't they find a warrant for Ms Bryant's arrest years later,but chose not to pursue because she was too old? I saw a story about that on Roland Martin.

@MrsAddison-jb7he Жыл бұрын

Not because of her age.

@sherrysingleton5265 Жыл бұрын

This case is a part of history now. All we can do is learn from it. Like slavery we leave it to the dark past. We still hurt from it though. The surprising truth is that this is viewed as a story for Black people! It’s not viewed as historical; it’s like a touch tone. As most Whites in North and South, USA; they haven’t heard the story! Those of us who were alive during the Civil Rights Era; know the story well. It’s a story that we really hate to tell, hate to remember! After the death of the cousin; I think we won’t likely hear of it again! It stirs up emotions; and bring up the dark past that many want to forget!

@mark9531 Жыл бұрын

Carolyn Bryant has been investigated 14 times from August 28, 1955 to August 10, 2022, by 2 county Sheriff's Department, grand juries, the state of Mississippi, the Justice Department, and the FBI. And the results were the same all 14 times: Carolyn Bryant had nothing to do with the kidnapping or murder of Emmett Till. ___________________________________ 12 grown men kidnapped, mercilessly tortured, and murdered an innocent 14 year old Emmett Till However, there is such a fetish to crucify Carolyn Bryant, folks have *forgiven and forgotten* the very men who had to wash the *real* innocent blood Emmett Till off their hands on the Lords day, August 28, 1955.

@denisshillingford6604 Жыл бұрын

The arrest warrant was found in some old boxes in the basement of the courthouse it had been deep-sixed there. The law of that city did not want her to be arrested and she continues to live today.

@gracethomas8308 Жыл бұрын

I was raised in Mississippi in the late 60's. My Cousin From Chicago was visiting for the summer. We were at this country store and the white owner called her N___a when she picked up some candy to buy. She jumped on him scratched him up and I pulled her off him . We ran out the store as he was going to get his gun. Told my dad to which he helped diffuse the situation. But we had to put her on the train back to Chicago that night! She was was 13 I was 11. She has passed on now but she was not buying it. It could have been a really bad situation if we had not got her out of Mississippi. She was my hero.

@wubbie2002 7 ай бұрын

Exactly, thank goodness his mother wanted him shown so they could remember what they did to her son

@dorisspecial3619 Жыл бұрын

Such tragedy to have those murderers let go free! Thank you Reverend for telling your truth!!

@kevincage1641 Жыл бұрын

Emmitt's eyes were full of light. I can see it in the photos.

@tonyamanessrobinson278 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the true story

@tammypennington9495 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling the real story! God bless you!

@sarannec1282 Жыл бұрын

You may never see this comment, but bless you, Sir. Thank you for your courage.

@angiesunnie8469 Жыл бұрын

People who feel entitled and have power to fulfill their entitlement are dangerous.

@mariacrouch7109 Жыл бұрын

It's a horrific nightmare it's absolutely evil what these demons did to this child

@e-spy Жыл бұрын

What an important interview. thank you.

@sandranorman5469 Жыл бұрын

Bless you Reverend.

@janicesanders9981 Жыл бұрын

I knew Rev. Wheeler has had to recount this incident so many times over the years.

@coacoa43 Жыл бұрын

Mr Crump, I want to thank you for being fearless. My heart goes out to this family. No one should have to endure this pain. It's always been open season on black and brown people, some folk get to enjoy it while eating popcorn now. Miracles and blessings to the family.

@freddy8479 Жыл бұрын

If that OPPORTUNISTIC 🤡 had any REAL 🏀S, he would have finished what the late Johnnie Cochran started: HELP WITH THE REPARATIONS ISSUE!!

@candancefoster4082 Жыл бұрын

He was beautiful his eyes and his smile and he will never be forgotton.

@reeree1234able Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

@jeanellreynolds7291 Жыл бұрын

Devils on earth. That was horrible to do to a child. 🙏🏽

@DortonFarb Жыл бұрын

They were Democrats. Democrats founded the KKK.

@omggiiirl2077 Жыл бұрын

Yall hear that people? When it was cotton pickin time, you had to puck cotton, and if you weren't in the fields pucking cotton you wound up in jail. In the 1940's in Mississippi. Thats my Grandparents youth. Two generations from me. And my Grandparents said they used to pick cotton but never did they go into detail, they said it was hard, but they never went into detail because they didn't want us to have anger in our hearts towards certain people. But as granny always said, the truth comes out in the wash. That was institutionalized slavery. This is crazy!

@rucianapollard7098 Жыл бұрын

Emmet's family were sharecroppers. Life for a sharecropper was only a step above slavery! My family is from Clarksdale, Mississippi, about a 30-40 minute drive from where Emmett was kidnapped and murdered. My family farmed cotton, but my grandfather owned his 60 acres of land. My mom and aunts and uncles picked cotton, but not like slaves on a plantation like sharecroppers. Owning your own land made a big difference if you were black in Mississippi. Emmet's uncle was more submissive because he was a sharecropper and didn't have much to say. Bryant and Milam would have gotten some rounds pumped in their asses if they had come up on my grandfather's property!! Even back then, a black man had a leg up if he had his own land!!

@omggiiirl2077 Жыл бұрын

@@rucianapollard7098 this is true!

@thomastraynor9299 Жыл бұрын

Can't imagine the helplessness they all felt. An innocent little boy. Tragic. And still today!

@mymimi2809 Жыл бұрын

Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. I will repay

@rucianapollard7098 Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!!

@capoislamort100 2 ай бұрын

Smh 🤦🏿‍♂️.

@billrnlaw Жыл бұрын

This absolutely breaks my heart. I didn't know until the special documentary. I was horrified and shocked that these people had gotten away with murder. Even more shocked that nothing was done to Carolyn Bryant despite the warrant that was "discovered".

@rucianapollard7098 Жыл бұрын

The statue of limitations expired on the warrant. Sadly, she never paid for her lie, and I honestly believe she didn't have any remorse!