No one ever served prison time for the killing of Emmett Till, a fourteen year ... murder spurred the Civil Rights Movement. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley, explains, "When people saw what happened ...

In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured and lynched while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. The determination of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, to show the world ...

"It was just like I was carrying a load and I laid it down," she said. Emmett with his mother Mamie, Courtesy: Mamie Till Mobley Emmett, nicknamed Bobo, was surrounded by relatives and grandparents.

And last year, his family notched a victory when President Joe Biden announced the development of a national monument honoring Till and his mother ... JJ: What was Emmett like as a kid?

When 14-year-old Emmett Till left Chicago for Mississippi on a southbound train in the summer of 1955, he almost forgot to kiss his mother goodbye. The bright-eyed youth was excited for a big trip to ...