Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. Emmett was the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. He never knew his father, a soldier, who died during World War II. At the age of five ...
This national park site honors the family of Emmett Till, preserves the history of one of the country's most horrific hate crimes, and commemorates the struggle for civil rights that continues today.
Emmett Till's death was a key galvanising moment in the US civil rights movement A white woman from Mississippi whose 1955 accusation against a black teenager Emmett Till led to his murder has died.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/ From left: Walter Reed, Willie Reed, Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett ...
This plaque at the Tallahatchie River – replaced every now and then every time it's been riddled with bullets – marks the spot where young Emmett Till's brutally-beaten body was pulled from ...
Emmett Till's death was a key galvanising moment in the US civil rights movement A jury in Mississippi has declined to bring charges against the woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of ...
A journalist whose 1956 article was billed as the “true account” of Emmett Till’s killing withheld information that suggested ...
Mamie Till Mobley sits with her son, Emmett Till. AP Share As published in the Chicago Daily News, sister publication of the Chicago Sun-Times: No one expected Mamie Till-Mobley (Bradley at the ...