The result? A brutal kidnapping, beating and murder in the Jim Crow south. The 14-year-old victim was Emmett Till, and his horrendous death drove much of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Wheeler Parker Jr. was worried about the words that might come out of his cousin’s mouth. His cousin, Emmett Till, you see, ...

“Carolyn Bryant’s death brings a conclusion to a painful chapter for the Emmett Till family and for Black ... into the back of a pickup truck and beat him before shooting him in the head ...

Wheeler, the last surviving witness to the kidnapping of Till, said the prankster kid with a speech impediment and the ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker, the cousin and childhood friend of Emmett Till, recently spoke at KU's Spencer Museum of Art sharing his ...

The kidnapping, beating and murder of Till ... The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial, believes. At noon Thursday, in one of the National Constitution Center’s “America’s ...

I cover the intersection of art and travel. Emmett Till with his mother, Mamie Bradley, ca. 1950. To expose the horror of her 14 year-old's ... [+] lynching, she ordered an open coffin funeral to ...

This national park site honors the family of Emmett Till, preserves the history of one of the country's most horrific hate crimes, and commemorates the struggle for civil rights that continues today.

The cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till will speak at a KU event this week. The talk will be livestreamed.

A new national monument for Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, will consist of three federally protected sites in Illinois and Mississippi. Here are the locations of the sites → ...

The Rev. Wheeler Parker, 85, was a 16-year-old Chicago resident on vacation during August 1955 in the Mississippi Delta when friend and cousin Emmett Till wolf whistled at a white woman.