Emmett Till would have turned 85 on Saturday. The teen's lynching in 1955 inspired many in the Civil Rights Movement and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emmett Louis Till, then 13, is pictured with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago in December 1954. - Getty Images ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO (WGN) – The Mississippi Delta, the distinctive northwest section of the state of Mississippi, is 200 miles long and 87 ...

The Emmett Till Legacy Foundation will host a four-day commemoration of Emmett Till's life and legacy, starting August 28th. Events include a press conference, candlelight vigil, movie screenings, a ...

FILE - This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955, after witnesses claimed he whistled ...

Today marks the 70th anniversary of a historic lynching that still shocks us when we think about it. The victim of the lynching was Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, who on Aug.

In the heart of America's persistent struggle for racial justice, we pause to honor the life and legacy of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder on Aug. 28, 1955, in Money, ...

A new book will shed light on the untold story of Emmett Till's father, Louis Till. Titled Writing To Save A Life: The Louis Till File, the book finds writer John Edgar Wideman trying to uncover the ...

A recent Journal Star story detailed the efforts to get the Chicago church where, in 1955, tens of thousands viewed the mutilated body of Emmett Till declared a city landmark. That alone is evidence ...