Teens Plaster Vandalized Emmett Till Marker With Words Of Hope

[sheshe2]

“You can destroy this marker, but you cannot destroy history.”

The sign, which has been defaced before, was scraped so badly that information and photos about Till’s brutal death have been obliterated.


Cultural Leadership
The vandalized sign.

Students from Cultural Leadership, a St. Louis-based nonprofit that teaches young adults how to become civil rights leaders, were present at the site after the sign was vandalized and were disheartened by the destruction.

Dani Gottlieb, a 16-year-old from Cultural Leadership, told HuffPost that she was expecting to see “flowers growing in Emmett Till’s honor” at the landmark, “not a torn-down marker.”



She and her peers decided as a group to take action. They covered the scraped-off information with hand-drawn pictures of Till, messages of hope and information about his killing. 





More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teens-recreate-vandalized-emmett-till-sign_us_59516c39e4b0da2c731dc352?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Thank you to the teens that did what they could to correct this wrong and say no to racist hate.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[brer cat]

2. We struggle many days,

but these young people give us much hope for the future. Well done.

[sheshe2]

4. We need to rely on our youth to take up the fight.

We are not done yet, however we are getting older and we need their voice.

[furtheradu]

3. Thank You!💖a "sign of HOPE"

in the face of hate.
I needed that today

[sheshe2]

5. A "sign of HOPE"

Yes it is, furtheradu. We need our children's voices.

[furtheradu]

6. Yes! WE need those sweeet young Voices.

The World needs 'em, too.💖
Thanks again for the post.

[sheshe2]

7. You are so welcome.

[irisblue]

8. How cool!

[George II]

9. Very appropriate gesture, thanks for finding this story.

When I read about the defacing yesterday, there were no photographs. I had no idea how badly the marker was damaged. That was no prank by teenagers, that was a deliberate racist attack on the marker.

[sheshe2]

10. More tRump supporters.

Showing how very superior and very white they are In reality they are small, insecure terrified little men that defaced a child's memorial. One who was proven innocent when the woman retracted her testimony that he whistled at her...yet at 14 years of age he was beaten to death for her lie.