“Well, give me a crowbar, give me whatever. What can they do to me? They’ve taken my son,†Mamie Till-Mobley said after receiving Emmett’s remains in Chicago. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill…
The body is so badly damaged that Emmett can only be identified by a ring on his finger. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett and his cousins go to a local store, where he whistles at a woman named Carolyn Bryant. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
After white men kidnap Till in the middle of the night, his mother turns his disappearance into a national headline desperate to find her son. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett’s mother warns him about the rules of the Jim Crow South, where violence is boiling over by the time he arrives. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
The family flees the racial violence of the south for Chicago. His father is serving in the army when Emmett’s mother receives a devastating telegram. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source