Date 25/09/2018 - News People
Actor Jesse Williams is facing backlash after using a meme to promote his upcoming directional debut, "Till."
Williams framed photos of Emmett Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley in memes resembling the Colin Kaepernick Nike ads.
One image shows Till-Mobley at Till's casket behind the Kaepernick quote, "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything."
Till was 14 years old when he was lynched after being accused of flirting with a white woman in Jim Crow-era Mississippi in 1955.
