The Barn' is a glimpse of a nation’s troubled past that offers insight in to the tortured present, and makes you worry about ...

The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi," revisits what is often considered the most galvanizing event of the civil-rights era: the 1955 murder and mutilation of 14-year-old Emmett Till in rural ...

“Throughout (the book) the heart and mind are full to bursting with depth of feeling and depth of thought. I can’t imagine a more beautiful creation.” When Emmett Till’s body was returned ...

Emmett Till’s mother declined an offer from the mortician to “touch up” her son’s body, and she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. “I think everybody needed to know what ...

This national park site honors the family of Emmett Till, preserves the history of one of the country's most horrific hate crimes, and commemorates the struggle for civil rights that continues today.