Happening Now: President Biden, joined by the Vice President, signs a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Today, on what would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. This Administration is committed to protecting places that help tell a more complete story of our nation’s history.

I’m invigorated by having encountered the intellectual community this year’s Institute for Citizens & Scholars cohort is cultivating. They’ve done what most haven’t: started jobs in a pandemic, managed to do good work while dealing with more than we can know, & came determined to support each other.

.Brandon M. Erby is the fellow whose journey I’ll witness most closely, and what a treat that is! The dynamic intellectual and activist portrait that he’s going to make sure we have of Mamie Till-Mobley will do justice to her and to the folk with whom she deliberately worked.

This is my January/February reading list. Anybody interested in doing a virtual reading group? I’d post the PDFs* to Perusall for group annotation and then we’d discuss weekly Kevin C. Winstead riannawalcott is on 🦋 *yes the PDFs are bootlegged. But if you have the scratch you should buy

Brandon M. Erby, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies in the University of Kentucky, College of Arts & Sciences, is studying the life of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till's mother. Brandon M. Erby uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-re…

Dr. Brandon Erby discusses his forthcoming book on the life and work of Mamie Till-Mobley in this new UKNOW article. uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-re…

Brandon M. Erby, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, is studying the life of civil rights icon Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till. Learn more: research.uky.edu/news/uk-resear…

Assistant professor at University of Kentucky and friend of ETIC, Brandon M. Erby studies the life of Mamie Till-Mobley following her decision to hold an open-casket funeral after Emmett Till's murder. Learn more about his work and findings at youtube.com/watch?v=JVwoDH… UK Arts & Sciences

"CSPAN Lectures in History: Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till." University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discusses the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. c-span.org/video/?533507-…

Saturday on "Lectures in History" learn about how Emmett Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley worked to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son. Sit in on the class with University of Kentucky professor Brandon M. Erby. Watch on CSPAN 2 at 8pm ET, Saturday 4/6

Coming up on C-SPAN2.

As part of the Lectures in History series, CSPAN aired University of Kentucky Professor, Dr. Brandon Erby’s talk about Mamie Till-Mobley and her fight to raise awareness of racial injustice following Emmett Till's murder. Watch the full lecture at c-span.org/video/?533507-….

A crime committed. A crime forgotten. A crime unpunished. Our new season asks why one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in American history fell apart. @newyorker subscribers can start listening next week. newyorker.com/season-3

Amazing film.