Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. Emmett was the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. He never knew his father, a soldier, who died during World War II. At the age of five ...

Moses Wright could identify the body only by an initialed ring, which had belonged to Emmett's father, Louis Till. Her father wanted to leave the South and the cotton fields, and made plans soon ...

Emmett died. And he died because of a number ... In other letters, he bragged about selling a negative story about Till’s ...