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Mississippi Unveils Emmett Till Statue Near Where Teen Was Killed in 1955 Lynching
White men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager over accusations he had flirted with a white woman in a country store.
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman Whose Accusation Led to Emmett Till Lynching
The decision means it is increasingly unlikely that Carolyn Bryant Donham will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to the 14-year-old’s murder nearly 70 years ago.
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Emmett Till Accuser, in Memoir, Denies Wanting Teen Killed
The white woman who was at the center of the 1955 lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi denies wanting him killed.
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1955 Warrant in Emmett Till Case Found, Family Seeks Arrest
A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping. And relatives of the victim say they now want the woman brought to justice nearly 70 years later. Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill tells The Associated Press the warrant was...
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Emmett Till's Relatives Seek Prosecution of Woman Who Accused Teen of Improper Advances Before His Lynching
Relatives of Emmett Till have been stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into his lynching in Mississippi in 1955.
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Biden Signs Bill Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed
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Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Lynching Act
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act last night, making lynching a federal hate crime.
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Congress Passes Emmett Till Bill to Make Lynching a Hate Crime
Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
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New Documentary Explores ‘The Lost Story of Emmett Till'
The NBC Chicago original documentary examines the 1955 lynching of a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi and the impact of his murder on the Civil Rights Movement
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Watch ‘The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child'
The brutal murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, and the acquittal of the two white men who killed him, was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. But almost as fast as Emmett’s name became known around the world, it began to fade. How did it happen? How could people forget the torture of a 14-year-old boy?...
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Senate Passes Bill to Honor Emmett Till and His Mother
The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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Emmett Till Investigation Closed by Feds; No New Charges
The U.S. Justice Department is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager Emmett Till
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Bullet-Riddled Emmett Till Sign on Display in US History Museum
In what would have been Emmett Till’s 80th year, a sign marking where his body was found at age 14 is now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
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What Follows Confederate Statues? 1 Mississippi City's Fight
For more than a century, one of Mississippi’s largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood.
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Va. Lt. Gov. Fairfax Says He Was Treated Like George Floyd, Emmett Till Over Sexual Assault Allegations
Fairfax accused former Gov. Terry McAuliffe of denying him due process in immediately calling for his resignation when the allegations surfaced.
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Senators Seek Highest Civilian Honor for Till and His Mother
A Republican and a Democratic senator say Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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WATCH: Jacob Blake's Sisters Speak Out Against Shooting
Three of Jacob Blake’s five sisters spoke at a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to call for justice in their brother’s shooting. Police officers shot Blake seven times in front of his children on Sunday, possibly leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, according to family lawyers.
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House Makes Lynching a Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till
Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law
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DC Performance Artist to Hull Rice for Days at Portrait Gallery in Tribute to Enslaved Ancestors
D.C. performance artist Sheldon Scott has hulled rice by hand for so long this week that his fingerprints are wearing off. He’ll do the grueling work for a few days. His enslaved ancestors on the South Carolina coast did it for years.
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New Bulletproof Memorial to Emmett Till Replaces Vandalized Sign in Miss.
A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. The brutal slaying of the 14-year-old black teenager helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The 14-year-old African American teen was kidnapped, beaten and killed in 1955, hours after he was accused of whistling at a white...