16th Annual Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception And Awards Presentation - Arrivals

Taraji P. Henson Uses Emmett Till As An Example To Demand Jussie Smollett’s Release From Prison

Following Jussie Smollett's real-life prison sentencing last week after being found guilty of staging a 2019 hate crime hoax, his…
03.14.22
Emmett Till

Congress Approves Emmett Till Bill That Says Lynching Is A Hate Crime After Decades Of Trying

After a century that saw over 200 attempts to ban lynching get denied, Congress has finally enacted the Emmett Till…
03.08.22
Mamie Bradley Weeping at Arrival of Slain Son

Emmett Till & Mom Mamie Till-Mobley To Be Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal By The Senate

The gruesome 1955 lynching of Black teen Emmett Till ignited a civil rights movement led by his mom, Mamie Till-Mobley,…
01.12.22

Emmett Till Historical Marker Found Toppled Over In Mississippi

On Sept. 2, the Emmett Till Center discovered another historical marker paying tribute to the slain-teen was tampered with as…
09.07.21
Mother of Murder Victim Emmett Till at Mississippi Trial

Whoopi Goldberg Set To Produce & Act In a Film About Emmett Till’s Mom

Famed actress Whoopi Goldberg is set to co-star and produce a film about Emmett Till’s unfortunate 1955 lynching, but plans…
10.03.21

Emmett Till Movie In Development 65 Years After Murder

The film will also follow Mamie Till Mobley and her fight for justice for her son.
02.03.21

Activist And Emmett Till Relative Dies

CHICAGO (AP) — Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage…
10.08.21

Congress Makes Lynching A Federal Crime, 65 Years After Till

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as…
10.08.21

New Emmett Till Marker Dedicated To Replace Vandalized Sign

GLENDORA, Miss. (AP) — A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers…
10.21.19

Emmett Till Inquiry Continues; 6 Other Cold Cases Closed

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The government is still investigating the brutal slaying of a black teenager that helped spur the…
09.24.19

Emmett Till Memorial Sign To Be Bulletproof Following Photo Of Gun-Toting Frat Boys

Following news that three white University of Mississippi students were suspended from their fraternity after a picture of them posing with guns…
07.30.19

Photo Of Armed Students At Emmett Till Sign Is Investigated

A photograph of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside a bullet-pocked and oft-vandalized historic marker to lynching…
07.26.19