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    Nov 28, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM

  1. Estimated 300 bodies displaced in Burr Oak Cemetery scheme

    ( WGN-AM)- Four people have been charged after authorities discovered that dozens of bodies had been dug up at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip and the grave sites illegally resold.
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    ( WGN-AM)- Four people have been charged after authorities discovered that dozens of bodies had been dug up at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip and the grave sites illegally resold. Each was charged with one count of dismembering a human body, a...

    Tags: Cook County, Prosecution, Minority Groups, Lawyers, Crimes

    2. Jul 10, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM

  2. Suspects Charged In Burr Oak Plot Receiving Protection In Jail

    (WGN-AM)- The four cemetery employees charged in the alleged scheme to dig up bodies and illegally resell their grave sites have been moved into a special section of Cook County Jail to avoid serious injury from other inmates, Sheriff Tom Dart said this...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Chicago Tribune, Trials, Defendants

    3. Jul 10, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM

  3. Emmett Till's Casket Found In Burr Oak Storage Area

    (WGN-AM)- It wasn't until early Friday morning that Simeon Wright, the cousin of civil rights icon Emmett Till, learned that his relative's former casket had been tossed aside, neglected and rusted in a back storage room at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip.
    (WGN-AM)- It wasn't until early Friday morning that Simeon Wright, the cousin of civil rights icon Emmett Till, learned that his relative's former casket had been tossed aside, neglected and rusted in a back storage room at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip....

    Tags: Mississippi, Chicago Tribune, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Family

    4. Jul 14, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM

  4. Burr Oak Planned to Sell $22,000 Plots Near Till Family

    (WGN-AM)- Officials at Burr Oak Cemetery planned to sell plots to people wishing to be buried near the casket of Emmett Till and his family for up to $22,000, authorities said. During the investigation into Burr Oak, officials discovered fliers in an...

    Tags: Mississippi, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Minority Groups, Family

    5. May 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Local reverend defends Obama on same-sex marriage

    The leader of President Barack Obama’s former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president’s endorsement last week of same-sex marriage.
    Tribune reporter
    The leader of President Barack Obama’s former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president’s endorsement last week of same-sex marriage. The Rev. Otis Moss III, the senior...

    Tags: Trinity United Church of Christ, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, YouTube

    6. May 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Penn & Teller pianist Mike Jones swings back into the Mill

    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber – hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook.
    Everyone who follows jazz piano knows that pianist Mike Jones follows nobly in the tradition of soloists such as Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and Jon Weber – hyper-virtuosos who apply a streamlined bravura to the great American songbook. But this...

    Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, The Supremes (music group), Sonny Rollins, Dick Hyman

    7. May 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Artist Willie Middlebrook's last cry of rage

    A month ago, I found myself at the hospital bedside of my friend Willie Middlebrook, as he lay paralyzed on his right side. It was a week before his latest solo show was due to open at Avenue 50 Studio, the community art gallery in Highland Park, and a few weeks before his work "Wanderers" would be unveiled at the Expo Line's new Crenshaw station.
    A month ago, I found myself at the hospital bedside of my friend Willie Middlebrook, as he lay paralyzed on his right side. It was a week before his latest solo show was due to open at Avenue 50 Studio, the community art gallery in Highland Park, and a...

    Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Justice and Rights, Racism, Fine Artists

    8. Apr 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Murder charge is filed in killing of Trayvon Martin

    SANFORD, Fla. — For weeks, protesters around the nation have demanded the arrest of George Zimmerman.
    SANFORD, Fla. — For weeks, protesters around the nation have demanded the arrest of George Zimmerman. A Florida special prosecutor made that happen Wednesday. She announced that Zimmerman — the neighborhood watch volunteer who admitted to...

    Tags: Prosecution, Justice and Rights, Trials, Racism, Rick Scott

    9. Apr 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Revive sensible gun laws

    Supporters of the protests that followed the suspicious death of Trayvon Martin are raising a good question: What next?
    Supporters of the protests that followed the suspicious death of Trayvon Martin are raising a good question: What next? Many have compared the shooting of the 17-year-old Floridian to the brutal 1955 murder of Emmett Till, the black Chicago teenager...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Lobbying, National Rifle Association of America, Prosecution, Criminal Laws

    10. Mar 17, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Here's why people are so angry over Trayvon Martin's death

    On Sept. 23, 1955, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam fired up stogies and smooched their wives. About an hour earlier, a Mississippi jury had mulled their fates.
    On Sept. 23, 1955, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam fired up stogies and smooched their wives. About an hour earlier, a Mississippi jury had mulled their fates. The men had stood trial for abducting a 14-year-old black boy. They pounded his face into ground...

    Tags: Richard Pryor, Justice System, O.J. Simpson, Ocoee, Crime, Law and Justice

    11. Mar 22, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. To be black in America

    WASHINGTON -- For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us.
    WASHINGTON -- For every black man in America, from the millionaire in the corner office to the mechanic in the local garage, the Trayvon Martin tragedy is personal. It could have been me or one of my sons. It could have been any of us. How many George...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice

    12. Mar 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Trayvon Martin case: Florida's license to kill

    Nearly a month after an unarmed black teenager was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain, police in Sanford, Fla., have yet to make an arrest. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was returning from a convenience store near the house of his father'...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Minority Groups, Criminal Laws, Racism, Lawyers

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Emmett Till with his mother, Mamie, in 1955, the year t...
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Emmett Till and mother, Mamie Till
Emmett Tills cousin Simeon Wright and Cook County Sheri...
(July 10, 2009)
Emmett Till’s cousin Simeon Wright and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart talk about Emmett Till’s original casket that sits in disrepair in a structure on the grounds of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
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