Watch the opening scene of 1964.
Browse a gallery of photos from 1964.
Mamie Till's decision to hold an open-casket funeral would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation.
After a five-day trial and an hour of deliberation, Emmett Till's killers are acquitted.
Emmett Till's great-uncle and cousin remember the night he was taken.
The photos of Emmett Till's mutilated body stunned the nation.
"When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before."
What's the legacy of Emmett Till's murder? A professor of History and Africana Studies reflects.
Historians discuss the social mores that pervaded the Emmett Till case.
Lynching served the broad social purpose of maintaining white supremacy in the economic, social, and political spheres.
The sight of Emmett Till's brutalized body pushed many who had been content to stay on the sidelines directly into the fight for civil rights.
The Mississippi Delta was the richest cotton-farming land in the country — sustained on the backs of slaves.
