The original casket of Emmett Till was among the missing items uncovered in the Alsip, Illinois, cemetery scandal. After the body of the fourteen-year-old civil rights martyr was exhumed in 2005 for ...

JACKSON, Miss. — It was the image of Emmett Till’s disfigured body, lying in an open casket for the world to see, that helped galvanize a movement. He had been beaten, but bullets also played a role ...

The West Woodlawn home where Emmett Till lived with his mother and extended family before being brutally murdered 70 years ago is in the process of becoming not only a museum but also a memorial.

70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, the state of Mississippi is embracing Till's story as the federal government flinches from showcasing painful moments of America's racial history. It's been ...

JACKSON, Miss. — It's been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi. White men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped him in a ...

Seventy years after Emmett Till's lynching, the fight for racial justice and voting rights continues. Book bans and gerrymandering threaten to erase history and suppress minority votes. Despite ...