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'Let The People See': It Took Courage To Keep Emmett Till's Memory Alive

2:13pm October 30, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

Historian Elliott J. Gorn's new book revisits the 1955 death and public funeral of the African-American teen. Critic Maureen Corrigan says it's a timely story about the fragility of collective memory.

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A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. The 14-year-old was killed in Mississippi in 1955. The FBI has reopened the investigation into his lynching.

National

A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later

4:17pm October 27, 2018

by Wade Goodwyn

A recent book recounts the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. In it, the woman who accused the boy of assault admits she was lying. The FBI has reopened the murder investigation.

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A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery in Aslip, Ill. No one was convicted in his 1955 lynching.

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Justice Department Reopens Emmett Till Murder Investigation

6:11pm July 12, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Till, a black 14-year-old, was killed in Mississippi in 1955, and two white suspects were acquitted by an all-white jury. The men later confessed to the killings. No other suspect was charged.

News

'New information' Prompts U.S. To Reopen Emmett Till Case

4:00pm July 12, 2018

by Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Journalist Simeon Booker, center, is presented with a Phoenix Award at the 2010 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.

National

Simeon Booker, Dean Of Washington's Black Press Corps, Dies At 99

12:19am December 11, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Booker chronicled the civil rights movement, and is credited with helping to deliver the 1955 story of Emmitt Till's murder to a national audience.

Simeon Wright, Emmett Till's cousin, who witnessed his 1955 abduction, died Monday at the age of 74.

National

Cousin Who Witnessed Emmett Till Abduction Dies At 74

4:19pm September 05, 2017

by Amy Held

Simeon Wright was just 12 years old when his 14-year-old cousin was taken at gunpoint from the bed they shared, before Till was brutally beaten and killed.

This marker in Money, Miss., remembering black teenager Emmett Till, who was kidnapped and killed in 1955, has been vandalized more than once, most recently this month.

National

Emmett Till Sign Vandalized Again

5:58pm June 27, 2017

by Amy Held

The damage was done to a historical marker that stands outside the Money, Miss., grocery store where in 1955, Till was accused of flirting with a white woman before being kidnapped and killed.

Race

Duke Scholar: Key Witness In Emmett Till Case Gave False Testimony

9:55am January 31, 2017

by Paul Garber and Associated Press

Research from a Duke University scholar is adding new insights into the death of Emmett Till - a 14-year-old black child who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955.