Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley are posthumously being honored with a Congressional Gold Medal.
“Till” is the latest example of Mamie Till-Mobley’s call to action being realized – and the film fulfills her mandate that Americans never forget what happened to her boy.
Despite several decades since Emmett Till was lynched, justice has yet to be served.
Jay-Z and Will Smith will produce a television series that captures the civil rights movement through the lens of Black women.
The Tallahatchie County Courthouse, where Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were tried and acquitted in Emmett Till’s death in 1955, is being converted into a museum.
Deborah Watts, co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, spoke with Roland Martin about her family's contribution to the NMAAHC.
