Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till is born in Chicago's Cook County Hospital to Louis and Mamie Till. Also this year, sociologist Gunnar Myrdal publishes a landmark study on whites' preoccupation with ...

This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old Black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. (AP Photo, ...

But it catches fire when it finally reveals its story, that of Emmett Louis Till, a young black man who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered for the crime of whistling at a white woman.

Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till is born in Chicago's Cook County Hospital to Louis and Mamie Till. Also this year, sociologist Gunnar Myrdal publishes a landmark study on whites' preoccupation with ...