BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Emmett Till's cousin says people should learn about the black teenager's brutal death that energized the civil rights movement. But the Rev. Wheeler Parker also says ...

The brutal 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till while visiting family in Mississippi, the subsequent trial of his killers, who were acquitted, and specifically the experiences and dec… ...

The Hate U Give transcends the issues because of the legitimate ... It gets really insidious when Starr’s white friends protest to be “woke” but resist Starr’s comparisons to Emmett Till.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference about the "Emmett Till Antilynching Act" which would designate lynching as a hate crime under federal law, on Capitol Hill in Washington on ...

Legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime and prevent racist killers from evading justice was introduced more than 200 times but never once passed into law, according to Illinois U.S. Rep. … ...

Biden signs bill named after Emmett Till making lynching a hate crime. Congress passed the measure with overwhelming bipartisan support. March 30, 2022, 1:40 PM EDT / Source: NBC News.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never be solved. All these decades ...

In the heart of America's persistent struggle for racial justice, we pause to honor the life and legacy of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder on Aug. 28, 1955, in Money ...

The House voted 422-3 to approve the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which would allow crimes to be prosecuted as a lynching if someone is killed or injured in the commission of a hate crime ...

History | October 13, 2022. How Emmett Till’s Mother Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. A new film dramatizes the life of Mamie Till-Mobley, who forced America to confront the brutality of ...

On March 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmitt Till Anti-Lynching Act, giving final congressional approval to make lynching a federal hate crime for the first time after many ...

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland began visiting sites associated with Emmett Till’s killing last year, prompting optimism among monument advocates that perhaps federal recognition was ...