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☆ The generative A.I. battle between companies and hackers is starting
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Susan Caminiti | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

More and more individuals have the capabilities of hackers, using things like ransomware-as-a-service and AI, and for CISOs and other cyber leaders, the rapid adoption of generative AI "changes the threat landscape tremendously," he said. For example, the use of generative AI has made phishing attacks easier and more authentic looking. With generative AI, a non-English-speaking bad actor can instantly and nearly flawlessly translate an email into any language, making it harder for employees to spot the fakes. In fact, using AI to amplify speed and scale in cybersecurity is among the biggest benefits experts see coming in the near term. I think over the next year, cyber leaders are going to figure out where AI is really useful and where it's not."

Persons: Joe Biden, Collin R, Walke, Hall Estill's, Stephen Boyer, " Boyer, Michael McNerney, OpenAI, McNerney, it's Organizations: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Resilience, Valley's Locations: cybersecurity

"Darkness and denialism can hide much but they erase nothing," Biden told guests in the ornate, marble-edged Indian Treaty Room next to the White House, before signing the proclamation. [1/5]U.S. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2023. Signs erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Biden screened a film recounting the killing and its aftermath, "Till," at the White House in February. Last March, he signed into law a bipartisan bill named for Till that for the first time made lynching a federal hate crime.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Bradley, Biden, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Frantz, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison's, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Trevor Hunnicutt, Jonathan Allen, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Lincoln, Mark Porter Organizations: Rights, White, Republican, REUTERS, Temple Church of God, National Park Service, of, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Money , Mississippi, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Washington , U.S, Tallahatchie, Sumner , Mississippi, America, Washington

☆ Biden designates new Emmett Till monument as debates over U.S. history intensify
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Darkness and denialism can hide much but they erase nothing," Biden told guests in the ornate, marble edged Indian Treaty Room next to the White House, before signing the proclamation. One of the monument sites is his funeral location, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, in Chicago. Signs erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Any future vandalism would be investigated by federal law enforcement rather than local police, according to Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi. He screened a film recounting the lynching, "Till," at the White House in February.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Kamala Harris, Bradley, Biden, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison's, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Christopher Benson Organizations: White, Rights, Temple Church of God, National Park Service, of, Republican, Florida Governor, Mobley Institute Locations: theIndian, Washington , DC, Chicago, Money , Mississippi, Mississippi, Tallahatchie, Sumner , Mississippi, America, Washington, Summit , Illinois

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monument across two states. One of the monument sites is the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where Till's funeral took place. REUTERS/Brian SnyderSigns erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Any future vandalism would be investigated by federal law enforcement rather than local police, according to Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi. Biden, an 80-year-old Democrat, will likely need strong support from Black voters to secure a second term in the 2024 presidential election.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Bradley, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Roberts, Banutu, Gomez, George Floyd, Brian Snyder, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison, Biden, Donald Trump, Christopher Benson, Trevor Hunnicutt, Jonathan Allen, Heather Timmons Organizations: Rights, White, Roberts Temple Church of God, REUTERS, National Park Service, of Liberty, Republican, Mobley Institute, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Money , Mississippi, America, Mississippi, Washington, Tallahatchie, Minneapolis, Lynn , Massachusetts, U.S, Sumner , Mississippi, Summit , Illinois, Lincoln

☆ Biden will create a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 murder was a catalyst for the civil-rights movement, on what would have been his 82nd birthday
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden will create a national monument in honor of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. Till's murder in Mississippi helped spark the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The monument locations will consist of a site in Chicago and two sites in rural Mississippi. Bryant and Milam then tortured and lynched the teenager before throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River. In March 2022, Biden signed into law the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which made lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in US history.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Mobley, Till's, Biden, Emmett Till's, Carolyn Bryant Donham, Donham, Roy Bryant, Bryant, Till, Moses Wright, Milam, Pell Grant Organizations: Service, White, Black, Roberts Temple Church of God, Supreme Locations: Mississippi, Chicago, Wall, Silicon, The Illinois, Bronzeville, The Mississippi, Tallahatchie, Sumner

☆ White woman who accused lynched teen Emmett Till dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

April 27 (Reuters) - A white woman whose discredited accusations against Black teenager Emmett Till led to his lynching in 1955 has died in Louisiana, according to a coroner's report. Carolyn Bryant Donham, 88, died on Tuesday in Westlake, Louisiana, according to the Calcasieu Parish coroner's office. Till, visiting from Chicago, was beaten, shot and mutilated in Money, Mississippi, on Aug. 28, 1955, four days after Donham, then 21, accused him of whistling at her. The all-white jury acquitted both men after Donham testified that Till had grabbed her waist and made sexual remarks while at the general store she ran. Bryant died in 1994 and Milam died in 1981.

The film won nominations for best picture, best director and its stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan won nods for best performance by an actress and actor in a leading role. The nominations were announced by Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed on Tuesday morning at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Voting for the nominations concluded Jan. 17, and 9,579 members of the academy were eligible to vote, according to Variety. Neither women of color made it to the list for best leading actress. The Oscar nominations come just weeks after the Golden Globes returned to the airwaves.

☆ Threats to protesters in Emmett Till rally prompt cancelation of Christmas parade in Kentucky
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A Christmas parade planned for Saturday in Kentucky has been canceled after authorities received threats directed at protesters of an Emmett Till rally on the same day. The annual Jaycees Christmas Parade in Bowling Green, Kentucky was canceled out of an "abundance of caution," according to a statement. The Mistletoe Market, also in Bowling Green, was canceled on Saturday as well. Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 89, lives in Bowling Green, according to the outlet. "Late this evening, we learned of a threat to these protesters," said Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower.

☆ 'Till' review: Danielle Deadwyler shines as Mamie Till Mobley after her son Emmett Till's death
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Getting the delicate balance of the story mostly right, “Till” captures how Mamie Till Mobley turned the inconsolable grief over the murder of her son, Emmett, into resolve and activism. Anchored by Danielle Deadwyler’s towering performance, it’s a wrenching portrayal of reluctant heroism under the most horrific of parental circumstances. Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Mobley. More than 65 years after his death, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed into law earlier this year – a sign, as Chukwu notes in a director’s statement, of “present cultural and political realities” that echo through the film. “Till” clearly felt the weight of that legacy, and there’s a difficult-to-avoid aspect to the production that can’t entirely escape a movie-of-the-week feel.

Emmett Till's family disputes the version of events recounted in a recently leaked memoir by the white woman who accused Till of making unwanted advances toward her before his lynching in 1955. Till, 14, of Chicago, was visiting family when he entered the store in Money, Mississippi, where Donham, then 21, was working. Till's family members who were in the store that day said Till whistled, but didn't touch Donham, and Donham didn't scream. Malik Shabazz, a lawyer who appeared with the Till family last week, said that the effort to bring Donham to justice was worth pursuing. Bettmann Archive via Getty ImagesShe claims in the manuscript that Till identified himself.

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