At the South Side church where Emmett Till’s open casket funeral took place nearly 68 years ago, elected officials and other leaders gathered Tuesday to unveil a temporary sign marking the ...

Holding those magazine issues decade after decade was also a way to remind us of the signature moments of ... when I heard the news that Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant, had died, I ...

"Till" is the new film about the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till - a crime that helped spark the civil rights movement. The movie has opened to rave reviews, and got us thinking about the ...

“The gruesome and unjust murder of Emmett Till serves as one of the most well ... The president’s signature ended more than a century of failed efforts to specifically outlaw lynching at ...

The award is the highest civilian honor given by Congress. Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal after a unanimous vote from the ...