Young Emmett Till wears a hat. Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after flirting with a white woman.
Portrait of Emmet Louis Till. Till was a 14 year old African American boy from Chicago who was murdered by white men in Leflore County in Mississippi...
Photo of Emmett Till is included on the plaque that marks his gravesite at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005 in Aslip, Illinois. The FBI is considering...
This dramatic courtroom scene shows 64-year-old "Uncle Mose" Wright, Grand-Uncle of murdered Emmett Till, 14-year-old Negro boy, as he stood up in...
Chicago: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Till who was found slain in Mississippi where he was on vacation, is near hysteria as she attends...
After their acquittal in the Emmett Till trial, defendant Roy Bryant , smokes a cigar as his wife happily embraces him and his half brother, J.W....
Mamie Bradley, mother of lynched teenager Emmett Till, cries as she recounts her son's death, Washington DC, October 22, 1955.
Carolyn Bryant and Juanita Milam , the wives of Roy Bryant and John William Milam, who stand accused of the kidnap and murder of Emmett Till, sitting...
Chicago: Mourners and curiosity seekers flock around entrance to Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ here during funeral services for Emmett Till...
Plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005 in Aslip, Illinois. The FBI is considering exhuming the body of Till,...
Interior view of the segregated seating in the packed Tallahatchie County Courthouse during the trial of J W Milam and Roy Bryant who were accused of...
Witnesses in Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Three "surprise" witnesses were subpoenaed here in the trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, who are...
Taking Acquittal in Stride. Sumner, Mississippi: Co-defendant J.W. Milam calmly smokes a cigar as his wife mugs for the camera, after he and his...
Milam and his half brother, Roy Bryant were acquitted today in the Emmett Louis Till murder trial. The two still face a kidnapping charge in nearby...
The jury in the Emmett Till trial outside Sumner courthouse during the trial of those accused of Till's murder, in Sumner, Mississippi, 23rd...
Mrs. Roy Bryant, wife of the defendant who was on trial for the murder of a 14 year old Negro boy for whistling at his wife, and her sons are shown...
Half-brothers Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam sit with an attorney as they go on trial Sept. 19th for the murder of 14-year-old negro Emmett Till of...
Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till grieves over the her son's casket during his funeral at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ , Chicago, Illinois,...
All White Male Jury for "Whistle" Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Here is the all white, all male jury selected for the trial of Roy Bryant and...
New York: A huge crowd gathers around Mrs. Mamie Bradley outside the Williams Institutional C.M.E. Church in Harlem today where a meeting was held to...
Mother of "Whistle" Murder Victim Meets the Press. Sumner, Mississippi: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Louis Till, the 14 year old Negro boy...
Mrs. Mamie E. Bradley, mother of a 14 year old negro boy killed in Mississippi, appears at the trial of two white men charged at Sumner, Mississippi...
"Wolf Whistle" Murder Defendants and Children in Court. Sumner, Mississippi: John W. Milam and Roy Bryant, on trial for the "wolf whistle" murder of...
Milam of Glendora, Miss., and his half brother, Roy Bryant of Money, Miss., shown here conferring with an attorney, Sidney Carlton in the courthouse...
Plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005 in Aslip, Illinois. The FBI is considering exhuming the body of Till,...
Collapses at Funeral. Chicago: Luke Ward , junior pastor and theology student in Church of God in Christ, is comforted by Bishop H.M. Hooper of Risen...
All White Male Jury for "Whistle" Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Here is the all white, all male jury selected for the trial of Roy Bryant and...
American civil rights activist Mamie Till , the mother of Emmett Till, sitting with a copy of the Clarion-Ledger newspaper on her lap, in Sumner,...
Mother in Court with Defendants in "Wolf-Whistle" Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Defendants in the Emmett Till murder case, John W. Milam, left, and Roy...
To Trial in "Wolf Whistle" Murder. Sumner, Mississippi: J.W. Milam and his half brother, Roy Bryant are shown with sheriff H.S. Strider of...
Cartoon in Le Figaro, French newspaper, entitled "Le Droit De Vivre" commenting on the Emmett Till racially motivated murder in Mississippi in 1955,...
Bishop Louis Ford , of St Paul’s Church of God and Christ, supports American civil rights activist Mamie Till , the mother of Emmett Till, along with...
The burial vault containing the remains of Emmett Till is lowered onto a flatbed truck at Burr Oak Cemetery June 1, 2005 in Alsip, Illinois. The FBI...
New Witnesses Questioned by D.A. In "Wolf-Whistle" Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: District Attorney Gerald Chatham, right, talks to two new witnesses...
Mrs. Bryant Gives "Wolf Whistle" Account. Sumner, Mississippi: Carolyn Bryant and her husband, Roy, consult with defense attorney Sidney Carlton at...
Surrounded by family members and other mourners, Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till stands beside her son's casket at Roberts Temple Church of God in...
Surrounded by family members and other mourners, Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till weeps next to her mother, Alma Spearman , at the burial of her son...
Cross Burned During Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Marshal L.E. McNeer stands behind a crude wooden cross he found burning in Sumner, Miss., site of the...
Half-brothers J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant confer with attorney Sidney Carlton on murder and kidnapping charges facing them in the death of 14-year-old...
Portrait of Mamie Till Bradley, mother of Emmett Till, the teenager murdered in a racially motivated attack in Mississippi, smoking a cigarette,...
American civil rights activist Mamie Till , the mother of Emmett Till, outside Sumner courthouse during the trial of those accused of her son's...
President Joe Biden, applauded by members of the Till family and members of Congress, finishes signing a proclamation in the Indian Treaty Room to...
Friends restrain grief-stricken Mrs. Mamie Bradley as her son's body is lowered into the grave after a four day, open casket funeral. The 15-year old...
Mother and Uncle of Slain Negro Youth Sumner, Mississippi: "Uncle Mose" Wright, granduncle of slain Emmett L. Till, 14 year old Chicago Negro boy, is...
Mamie Bradley, mother of lynched teenager Emmett Till, speaks with her father and a police interviewer, 1955.
Mamie Bradley, mother of lynched teenager Emmett Till, stands with her father John Carson and the reporter who covered the Emmett Till trial, Jimmy...
American politician Charles Diggs , member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th district, talking to reporters after his arrival...
American state witness Willie Reed , who saw Emmett Till after he was taken from his home, sits with a man during the trial of those accused of the...
Elevated view of a crowd outside Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ as members of Emmett Till's family arrive for his funeral, Chicago, Illinois,...
Elevated, interior view of mourners as they attend Emmett Till's funeral service at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ , Chicago, Illinois,...
Elevated view of a crowd outside Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ as members of Emmett Till's family leave for his burial service, Chicago,...
Mrs. Mamie Bradley of Chicago, is handed a subpoena by Sheriff H. C. Strider to testify in the trial of two white men charged with murdering her...
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York: A meeting to protest the acquittal in Mississippi of two white men accused of the murder of Emmett Louis Till,...
Witness. Sumner, Mississippi: Part time preacher Mose Wright whittles outside the courtroom where he was later called as a witness in the trial of...
