Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

From Lamar Smith in Mississippi to Harry and Harriette Moore in Florida, Black activists were murdered for voting rights.

The Alsip cemetery is the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, rapper King Von, singer Dinah Washington and generations of other prominent figures.

The exhibit, Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See, explores the life and legacy of Till, a 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, and his mother’s determination to seek ...

SEARCY -- While the tragic demise of Emmett Till is neither "pretty or pleasant," it is history that must be shared, because history "shows us how far we've come, how we get here, and how far we still ...

When Emmett Till’s mother lifted the veil from her son’s mutilated body in 1955, she forced America to face itself. She knew ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The life of Emmett Till was remembered through a panel discussion at Tougaloo College on Thursday. Till was a 14-year-old African American youth who was lynched in Money, ...

The stories and legacies of Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton have been woven into the fabric of the NBA.

The team’s story begins in 1953. Robert Morrison, president of the Cannon Street YMCA, petitioned Little League Baseball to create a league for Black teams, and Little League Baseball granted the ...

"I realized that I had a responsibility to share my daughter's story if I ever expected true change,” Ajike Owens' mom Pamela Dias says.

With the trial of former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, accused of murdering Sonya Massey, set to begin in Peoria on Oct. 20, The State Journal-Register has compiled a timeline of ...

With the trial of former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, accused of murdering Sonya Massey, set to begin in Peoria on Oct. 20, The State Journal-Register has compiled a timeline of ...