“The metaphorical lynching rope that killed Emmett Till also killed George Floyd and countless others,” Mr. Rush said. “It extends throughout the history of Black people in America, and it ...

In a world where the echoes of George Floyd's last breaths are still heard, where the cries for equality reverberate from every corner, we remember Emmett Till not only as a victim of a heinous ...

On the walls of the New-York Historical Society is an exhibition of work by Kwame Brathwaite, a photographer and an activist who documented life in Harlem and the Bronx in the late nineteen ...

The movie "Till" tells the real life story of the racially-motivated abduction, torture and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. And then it tells the story of a mother who fought for justice for ...

"The world’s shock of Emmett Till’s open casket photograph is a parallel to the world’s shock of the George Floyd video. It’s important to understand our history as we look to heal and grow." ...

In an op-ed written by Congressman John Lewis and published in the New York Times on the day of Lewis’s 2020 funeral, the beloved leader wrote, “Emmett Till was my George Floyd.” There’s ...

The story of Emmett Till turned the nation’s attention toward ... from Trayvon Martin to Breonna Taylor to George Floyd — but also some of the more positive parts of Emmett and Mamie’s ...

signed into law by former President George W. Bush, and the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, signed into law by former President Obama. The medal will be given ...