The Grand Rapids African American ... One of the museum’s most anticipated goals is to find and display artifacts tied to influential figures, such as Malcolm X and Emmett Till.

The life and tragic death of Emmett Till is the focus of a new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. On August 28, 1955, Emmett was kidnapped, tortured, killed and dumped in the Tallahatchie ...

The memorial honours 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose torture and murder in 1955 galvanised the civil rights movement. The three may now face an investigation by the Department of Justice.

Emmett Till's murder was a spark in the upsurge ... Months before Emmett's death in 1955, two African American activists in Mississippi had been murdered. An NAACP field worker, the Reverend ...