Simeon Wright, 67, is Emmett Till's cousin and was with him the night ... to be with him to make sure he didn't say anything out of line. There was about less than a minute that he was in there ...

Thousands of Chicagoans wait in line to see Emmett's brutally beaten body. September 6, 1955 Emmett Till is buried at Burr Oak Cemetery. In Mississippi, a grand jury indicts Milam and Bryant for ...

The life and tragic death of Emmett Till is the focus of a new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. On August 28, 1955, ...

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 ...