Emmett Till Memory Project

The Emmett Till Memory Project (ETMP) is an online platform established as a response to the ongoing vandalism of sites commemorating Emmett Till’s life and lynching and the civil rights legacy of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Working closely with the Till Family, included designed the website for the project and an accompanying GPS-equipped app; together they take users (virtually or in person) to 23 key locations. This project again places Emmett’s story front and center in the collective consciousness, while educating a new generation about him and the Jim Crow South. 


TEAM

Patrick Weems
Emmett Till Interpretive Center.
Executive Director

Dave Tell
University of Kansas
Author, Educator

Benjamin Saulsberry
Emmett Till Interpretive Center
Public Engagement and Museum Education Director

Kate Wittenberg
Portico
Director

Karen Hanson
Portico
Senior Research Developer

Brandon Erby
University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric,
and Digital Studies and African American
and Africana Studies

Pablo Correa
Photographer & Videographer

R J Fitzpatrick
Hydro Productions
Photography

Rene Payne
included
Director

Zoë Pulley
included
Creative Director

John Chen
included
Engineering & Spatial Design Lead

Tanner Fry
included
Engineering Lead

Emma Caamaño
included
ETMP RISD intern

Jamesly Saint-Louis
included
ETMP RISD intern

Terésa Carter
included
Oral Advisor

Kelsey Elder
included
Brand Advisor

MinkYoung Kim
included
Digital Advisor

Adam Larson
Adam & Co
Creative Advisor

Special thanks to Reverend Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till, and his wife, Marvel McCain Parker, for their trust and assurance with this worthy assignment.

Thanks to The National Park Service and African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund.

The Rhode Island School of Design for their unwavering support with this assignment.

Current Funders:
National Park Service, African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund.

Former Funders (that built the previous version)
Institute of Museum Library Service

University of Kansas

Hall Center for the Humanities (KU)

Dorian Flowers
Think Box 312
Web Advisor

Stephanie Hu
included intern
ETMP Designer

Alejandro Molestino
included intern
ETMP Designer