Biden to Create Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the activism of his grieving mother helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America.
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.
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.
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.
From ‘Birth of a Nation’ to ‘Till’: Confronting Racism in the White House Screening Room “History matters,” President Biden said before showing a movie about Emmett Till, whose murder galvanized the civil rights movement.