Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Anthony and Wright Administration Building Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Cousin to Emmett Till, Eyewitness to history
On Aug. 28, 1955, 70 years ago this year, Rev. Dr. Wheeler Parker Jr.'s 14-year-old cousin and best friend, Emmett Till, was brutally murdered and lynched while he and Rev. Dr. Parker were visiting family in Mississippi. Despite a confession from the killers, no one was ever found guilty in the courts for this crime. An eyewitness to the events, Rev. Dr. Parker tells the story across the country in pursuit of historical accuracy and truth.
Investigative reporter
Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, MacArthur Fellow and 1982 Harding graduate Jerry Mitchell leads the investigative reporting team for Mississippi Today and has helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars as well as helping free two people from death row.
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