Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the cousin of Emmett Till, told a group in Lincoln it's important to keep telling stories that show ...

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 ...

It’s hard not to have something to say, however, about Mississippi’s book of the year — perhaps the book of the year nationally, one that’s a projected winner of multi publishing industry honors for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...