Petition Calls to Cancel 'Disgraceful' Opera Based on Murder of Emmett Till



Apetition has gained traction online as a student at John Jay College in New York City is calling for the planned premiere of Emmett Till, A New American Opera to be cancelled.

Mya Bishop first launched her petition earlier this week, which has already received over 10,000 signatures, asking the public to "urge" the college to "cancel the play."

The opera's source material is a 2013 play Emmett, Down in My Heart, written by white playwright Clare Coss. According to Playbill, those critical of the new work take issue with Coss' involvement in the piece as well as its alleged focus on a fictional white woman. The new work is a collaboration between Coss, 86, and Black composer Mary D. Watkins, 83.
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