The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi," revisits what is often considered the most galvanizing event of the civil-rights era: the 1955 murder and mutilation of 14-year-old Emmett Till in rural ...

Reed went home, "and everybody in his life said ... "In Mississippi, they're not gonna learn about what happened to Emmett Till," Dickerson said. "It's like the past was being erased." ...

Mamie Till Mobley Emmett, nicknamed Bobo, was surrounded by relatives and grandparents. He attended the all-Black McCosh Elementary School not far from his home. The solidly middle class ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Bloomington is traditionally a day of service. Both the city of Bloomington and Indiana ...

Emmett died. And he died because of a number ... along with at least two and perhaps five accomplices, went to the home of ...

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 had been visiting family in Mississippi when he was brutally killed President Joe Biden will establish a national monument to honour Emmett Till, a black teenager who was lynched in ...

W. Milam, kidnap Emmett Till from Moses Wright's home. They will later describe brutally beating him, taking him to the edge of the Tallahatchie River, shooting him in the head, fastening a large ...

Beauchamp’s groundbreaking investigative reporting and his 2005 documentary were instrumental in prompting the State of Mississippi to reopen the murder case of Emmett Till. His long-term ...