The six-part series highlights the role of Mamie Till-Mobley, a mother who turned her grief into a force for change, after her son was brutally murdered by two white men…
“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
Nealy 66 years after the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the Department of Justice announced that they’ve officially closed its investigation. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’:…
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Till was only 14 when he was murdered after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s store. Now, in the wake of George Floyd’s death, there are…