LAWRENCE, Kan. — The story of Emmett Till turned the nation’s attention toward racial injustice in the south nearly 70 years ago. In a traveling exhibit titled "Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let ...
Mamie Till looks over the body of her son Emmett Till at the morgue before his funeral. Tyree Nichols called for his mother.1 The 29-year-old was on his way from work in Memphis when the police ...
When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till's relatives ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As part of a community walk, participants toured an exhibition honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center on Sunday. The exhibit ...
Many people are familiar with the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was tortured and killed for his interaction with a white woman during the Jim Crow era. Our awareness of his story ...
Editor's note: "The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child," part one of NBC Chicago's three-part Emmett Till docuseries, can be viewed in the player above. President Joe Biden will establish ...
A newly declared national monument honoring the life and story of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, is being talked about in the context of current events. Understandable, considering ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A painting depicting the likeness of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, was revealed as part of Loyola University Chicago's establishment of a scholarship in her name. "It ...
The Burr Oak Cemetery Historic District, which is known as the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, along with singer Dinah Washington, and rapper King Von, has been recommended for the ...