Till, Emmett, 1941-1955

Authoritative Name:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Biography:
In August 1955, Emmett Till , a fourteen year old African American boy from Chicago, went to visit relatives near Money, Mississippi. While he had experienced racial discrimination in his hometown of Chicago, he was unaccustomed to the severe segregation he encountered in Mississippi. Soon after talking in too friendly a manner with a young white woman in a store, he was kidnapped in the night at gunpoint and brutally murdered by two white men. He was badly beaten before being shot and thrown into the Tallahatchie River. His corpse was nearly unrecognizable. His mother insisted on an open casket funeral in Chicago and news of Emmett Till's murder shocked America and the world. An all-white jury failed to convict the accused murderers, adding a further sense of injustice. The case is viewed as a turning point in the civil rights movement because of the notoriety it gave to the plight of African Americans in the South. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum WWW site.
Associated Subjects:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Assassination
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Death and burial
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

238 items in 19 collections (expand all)

Dorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-09-20

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-09-20
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Simeon Booker and Moses James Newson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-07-13

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-07-13
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Simeon Wright oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011-05-23

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-05-23
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Walter Bruce oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Durant, Mississippi, 2013-03-11

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2013-03-11
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Behind the Lynching of Emmet Louis Till

Creator:
Burnham, Louis E.
Date of Original:
1955
Collection:
Civil Rights Papers
Contributing Institution:
Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

Collected #EmmettTill Tweets, 2017

Date of Original:
2017-03-02/2017-12-31
Collection:
Emmett Till Twitter Collection
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Collected #EmmettTill Tweets, 2018

Date of Original:
2018-01-01/2018-12-31
Collection:
Emmett Till Twitter Collection
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Collected #EmmettTill Tweets, 2019

Date of Original:
2019-01-01/2019-12-30
Collection:
Emmett Till Twitter Collection
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Collected #EmmettTill Tweets, 2020

Date of Original:
2020-01-01/2020-12-31
Collection:
Emmett Till Twitter Collection
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Collected #EmmettTill Tweets, 2021

Date of Original:
2021-01-01/2021-12-31
Collection:
Emmett Till Twitter Collection
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Emmett Till

Creator:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:
2004/2006
Collection:
FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Contributing Institution:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Miscellaneous COFO and SNCC material, 1963-1964, n.d. (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1963/1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Bowie--Freedom Schools, 1964, Jan. 14 - Dec. 2 (Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31, Box 1, Folder 4)

Creator:
Bowie, Harry
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1966 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reels 2-3, Segment 37)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Newsletter, 1965 April, June (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 40)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Violence and harassment summary reports (Southern Regional Council, COFO, SNCC, CORE), 1963-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 94)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Speech, On the civil rights struggle

Creator:
Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Date of Original:
1929/2003
Collection:
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

And Found Wanting

Creator:
Unknown
Date of Original:
1928/1986
Collection:
James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Sound recordings of oral history interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.

Creator:
Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1983/1984
Collection:
Oral Histories: Interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Transcripts of oral history interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.

Creator:
Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1983/1984
Collection:
Oral Histories: Interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

[Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till] [graphic].

Date of Original:
1950
Collection:
Rosa Parks Papers
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Black Bayou Bridge, Tallahatchie River

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-06-02
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Black Bayou Bridge, Tallahatchie River

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-04-15
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Black Bayou Bridge, Tallahatchie River

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-04-15
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Black Bayou Bridge, Tallahatchie River

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-04-15
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Black Bayou Bridge, Tallahatchie River

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-04-15
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market and surroundings

Creator:
Clifton, Sue
Date of Original:
2017-02-26
Collection:
Sue Clifton Collection on Emmett Till
Contributing Institution:
Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections
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Herbert Holmes interview

Creator:
Holmes, Herbert, 1944-
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-02-23
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center
Educator Resources:

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The murder of Emmett Till

Date of Original:
2009
Collection:
American Experience
Contributing Institution:
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

February one : the story of the Greensboro Four

Date of Original:
2009
Collection:
Independent Lens
Contributing Institution:
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)