Moves made by Donald Trump’s administration could pave the way for the removal of a national monument honoring Emmett Till, an icon of the civil rights movement, risking a public outcry. Trump’s ...

CHICAGO — Last week marked what would have been Emmett Till’s 80 th birthday had he not been killed by a group of white men in Mississippi in 1955. The 14-year-old Black teen was murdered after being ...

Community leaders, supporters and family members held a memorial Thursday at the burial place of Emmett Till and his mother, ...

"This is a great day as we take another leap forward in recognizing the life and legacy of Emmett Till," said Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Till's cousin and only remaining family member Glenn Garner is a ...

CHICAGO — When the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. thinks of Emmett Till, he sees him running toward home plate with the grace of a lumbering Pullman freight train. Emmett’s slow speed lost their team a ...

Emmett Till was tortured and murdered Milam Seed barn in Mississippi by two men, who then threw his body in the river.

Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on a public, open-casket funeral for her son at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, saying “Let the world see what they did to my boy.” ...

SUMMIT, Ill. (WLS) -- A memorial honoring the mother of Emmett Till sits outside the southwest suburban high school she attended long before she became a catalyst in the Civil Rights Movement. A ...

ALSIP, Ill. (WLS) -- Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, were honored Thursday in the Chicago area with a gift from the people of Mississippi. Emmett Till's body was pulled from the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death. In 1955, Till was accused of flirting with a white woman at a store near Greenwood, Mississippi. Days later, the ...

When the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. thinks of Emmett Till, he sees him running toward home plate with the grace of a lumbering Pullman freight train. Emmett’s slow speed lost their team a softball game, ...