In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was wrongfully beaten to death and lynched in Mississippi. And for years after his passing, people, the state, and institutions tried to hide the truth behind his ...

Read these excerpts from an interview with Robin D. G. Kelley, professor of History and Africana Studies and chair of the history department at New York University, on the legacies of Emmett Till's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At about 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. arrived by train in Greenwood, Mississippi. He traveled for ...

LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT DAVID, THANKS. WELL. TODAY MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE EMMETT TILL WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MONEY. MISSISSIPPI. FAMILY OF TILL AND ADVOCATES GATHERED AT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE ...

NMAF copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "While visiting family in Mississippi in August 1955, Emmett Till allegedly whistled at a white woman working behind the counter of ...