"The Barn," on the lynching of Emmett Till, and an evil hiding in plain sight
In his new book, author Wright Thompson examines the site of the notorious 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, and a ...
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Who was Emmett Till?
Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. Emmett was the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. He never knew his father, a soldier, who died during World War II. At the age of five ...