The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the activism of his grieving mother helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America.
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Biden to Name National Monument for Emmett Till and His Mother
The monument, expected to be established on Tuesday, will consist of three protected sites in Illinois and Mississippi.
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Who Was Emmett Till?
Here is a look at who he was, the outrage at his murder and the acquittal of his killers, and how he has shaped the civil rights movement in America.
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Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies at 88; Her Words Doomed Emmett Till
She said Till, at 14, had accosted her, and her testimony in the 1955 trial of her husband and his half brother was crucial in their acquittal in one of the most epochal murders in American history.