Wheeler Parker Jr. was worried about the words that might come out of his cousin’s mouth. His cousin, Emmett Till, you see, ...
Rev. Wheeler Parker, the cousin and childhood friend of Emmett Till, recently spoke at KU's Spencer Museum of Art sharing his ...
The Rev. Wheeler Parker, 85, was a 16-year-old Chicago resident on vacation during August 1955 in the Mississippi Delta when friend and cousin Emmett Till wolf whistled at a white woman.
The cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till will speak at a KU event this week. The talk will be livestreamed.
I recently sat for an interview with the Rev. Wheeler Parker, an activist and author who is the last surviving witness to the abduction of Emmett Till, his cousin, in 1955. Ever since Till’s ...
The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. The last living witness to the kidnapping of Emmett Till — which led to the murder of the Black teenager and spurred a racial reckoning in 1955 — will speak on the ...
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till.
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The Rev. Wheeler Parker, who witnessed the 1955 kidnapping of murdered teen Emmett Till, says the nation must learn from ...
LAWRENCE — Black teenagers Wheeler Parker and Emmett Till were on vacation from Chicago when they stepped into the white-owned Mississippi Delta grocery store operated by Roy and Carolyn Bryant ...