Just days ahead of the 70th anniversary of his killing, the federal government made public thousands of pages of records Friday on the lynching of Emmett Till. The records in the National Archives, ...
Priscilla Williams-Till recently announced her candidacy in Mississippi for the 2026 U.S. Senate race. Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till, mentioned civil rights, social justice, and representing ...
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the activism of his grieving mother helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America. By Erica L. Green Reporting from Washington In 1955, the mother of ...
A new film, Till, documents the decades-long pursuit of justice for the 14-year-old, whose 1955 killing galvanized a generation of activists. This picture of 14-year-old Emmett Till with his mother at ...