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Future Praises Lil Wayne’s Emmett Till Lyric For Its Positivity
The fallout behind Lil Wayne‘s controversial lyrics where he referenced the heinous death of Emmett Till continues. After Mountain Dew dropped him as their celebrity…
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Sharpton: Meeting With PepsiCo ‘Positive’
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton says a meeting he held with PepsiCo Inc. officials and members of Emmett Till‘s family was “positive.”…
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PepsiCo Agrees to Meet With Till Family, Sharpton
NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. officials will meet Wednesday with members of Emmett Till‘s family and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton continued to press…
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Lil Wayne Pens Sympathetic Letter To Emmett Till’s Family For Disrespectful Lyric
A friend of mine once said, “Correctly applied heavy effort is greater than hard work.” The family of Emmett Till must have heard that saying before because…
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Emmett Till’s Family Wants Lil Wayne Off Mountain Dew’s Payroll
The family of Emmett Till is not letting Lil Wayne off the hook after spitting an offensive line about the slain teenager. The rapper is…
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Emmett Till’s Family Responds To Lil’ Wayne’s Reference In Song
Click here to listen to Airickca Gordon Taylor’s interview with the Tom Joyner Morning Show. We are all for freedom of expression, but when there…
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Airickca Gordon-Taylor: Lil’ Wayne’s lyrics are ‘Offensive’
Roland Martin talks with Airickca Gordon-Taylor, the cousin of Emmett Till and the founding director of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation about Lil’Wayne’s explicit…
Little Known Black History Fact: Anniversary of Emmett Till’s Murder
As the civil rights movement and Brown vs. Board of Education was blatantly being ignored in most of Mississippi, the decision to send a young…
