Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

“Throughout (the book) the heart and mind are full to bursting with depth of feeling and depth of thought. I can’t imagine a more beautiful creation.” When Emmett Till’s body was returned ...

The Murder of Emmett Till and the Cradle of American Racism a necessary book. Emmett Louis Till, aged 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago. File picture: Chicago Tribune ...

Anniversary of Till’s lynching coincides with launching of local foundation For Deborah Watts, a family tragedy is also a horrific part of American history. The Plymouth resident for almost ...

Emmett Till’s mother declined an offer from the mortician to “touch up” her son’s body, and she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. “I think everybody needed to know what ...

What other book could it be? There’s simply not another ... explores the nightmarish murder of Chicago teenager Emmett Till in 1955 in rural Mississippi Delta environs. The author is a senior ...

Till's cousin will share what he remembers about the night his cousin was kidnapped, tortured and lynched in 1955 ...

people gathered at Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God and Christ for a book signing with Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the cousin of Emmett Till, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Till ...

This national park site honors the family of Emmett Till, preserves the history of one of the country's most horrific hate crimes, and commemorates the struggle for civil rights that continues today.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Seventy years after the racist murder of Chicago teen Emmett Till in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement, a new exhibit on Emmett Till at the Chicago History ...