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sheshe2

(88,105 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 04:36 PM Jun 2017

Teens Plaster Vandalized Emmett Till Marker With Words Of Hope

“You can destroy this marker, but you cannot destroy history.”

The sign, which has been defaced before, was scraped so badly that information and photos about Till’s brutal death have been obliterated.


Cultural Leadership
The vandalized sign.

Students from Cultural Leadership, a St. Louis-based nonprofit that teaches young adults how to become civil rights leaders, were present at the site after the sign was vandalized and were disheartened by the destruction.

Dani Gottlieb, a 16-year-old from Cultural Leadership, told HuffPost that she was expecting to see “flowers growing in Emmett Till’s honor” at the landmark, “not a torn-down marker.”



She and her peers decided as a group to take action. They covered the scraped-off information with hand-drawn pictures of Till, messages of hope and information about his killing. 





More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teens-recreate-vandalized-emmett-till-sign_us_59516c39e4b0da2c731dc352?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Thank you to the teens that did what they could to correct this wrong and say no to racist hate.

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Teens Plaster Vandalized Emmett Till Marker With Words Of Hope (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2017 OP
K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2017 #1
We struggle many days, brer cat Jun 2017 #2
We need to rely on our youth to take up the fight. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #4
Thank You!💖a "sign of HOPE" furtheradu Jun 2017 #3
A "sign of HOPE" sheshe2 Jun 2017 #5
Yes! WE need those sweeet young Voices. furtheradu Jun 2017 #6
You are so welcome. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #7
How cool! irisblue Jun 2017 #8
Very appropriate gesture, thanks for finding this story. George II Jun 2017 #9
More tRump supporters. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #10

brer cat

(26,479 posts)
2. We struggle many days,
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:01 PM
Jun 2017

but these young people give us much hope for the future. Well done.

sheshe2

(88,105 posts)
4. We need to rely on our youth to take up the fight.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:11 PM
Jun 2017

We are not done yet, however we are getting older and we need their voice.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
6. Yes! WE need those sweeet young Voices.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:22 PM
Jun 2017

The World needs 'em, too.💖
Thanks again for the post.

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. Very appropriate gesture, thanks for finding this story.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 06:43 PM
Jun 2017

When I read about the defacing yesterday, there were no photographs. I had no idea how badly the marker was damaged. That was no prank by teenagers, that was a deliberate racist attack on the marker.

sheshe2

(88,105 posts)
10. More tRump supporters.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jun 2017

Showing how very superior and very white they are In reality they are small, insecure terrified little men that defaced a child's memorial. One who was proven innocent when the woman retracted her testimony that he whistled at her...yet at 14 years of age he was beaten to death for her lie.

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