emmett till
this website was created to teach you about the story of Emmett Till. he was murdered when he was just 14 years old by two white men, and these men were never punished. his story deserves to be heard. thank you for taking the time out of your day to learn about him.
articles
the murder of Emmett Till [library of congress]
woman linked to 1955 Emmett Till murder tells historian her claims were false [the ny times]
Emmett Till's death inspired a movement [national museum of african american history & culture]
the murder of Emmett Till timeline [pbs]
videos
death of Emmett Till revisited: history of the 1955 murder [nbc news]
the body of Emmett Till | 100 photos [time]
documents
killers' confession [pbs]
Paul Robeson’s telegram about the Till trial [library of congress]
official NAACP press release about Emmett Till's murder [library of congress]
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 [congress.gov]
Emmett Till antilynching act [congress.gov] currently in the senate
more laws related to Emmett Till [library of congress]
images
Emmett Till's mother looking at her son's body [time]
the murderers + their wives in the courtroom on 9/23/55 [ap]
Emmett Till's cousin Simeon Wright & great-uncle Moses "Mose" Wright [ap]
Emmett Till's mother speaking at an anti-lynching rally [the life picture collection]
illustration of Mose Wright testifying [chicago history museum]
lastly, please click here to sign a petition to make lynching a federal hate crime. we owe it to people like Emmett Till to make sure that nothing like what happened to them ever happens again. you can find the bill's text here.
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