CHICAGO, Ill. — The home of slain Black teenager Emmett Till has been granted landmark status in Chicago. The Chicago City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that protects the house on the South ...

Cultural preservation organization African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund released $3 million in grants to 33 historic sites, including the childhood home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager ...

Jean-Marcel St. Jacques' wooden quilt will be displayed in the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House museum in 2026. The latest masterpiece from New Orleans artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques is a large ...

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History unveiled the .45-caliber ...

John William "J.W." Milam who, alongside Roy Bryant, abducted Till from his great-uncle's home on Aug. 28, 1955. The white men tortured and killed Till after the teenager was accused of whistling at a ...

Thousands of federal records related to Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching have been released by the National Archives, just days before the 70th anniversary of his death. The documents reveal how federal ...

Memorials to the teen murdered in Mississippi have been defaced before. — -- Vandals in Mississippi apparently shot up a memorial to Emmett Till, an African-American teen whose murder in 1955 ...

Officials say displaying the weapon is meant to spark reflection on Till’s lasting legacy and the Civil Rights Movement his death helped ignite. The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History ...