Community members and leaders, elected officials, and preservation and national monument partners gathered to commemorate the ...

The Bronzeville church that held Till's funeral is celebrating his life by restoring the building to its former glory.

However, only 19 percent of African-Americans agreed with this statement. Till’s cousin, Ollie Gordon, explained this by observing that African-Americans experience racism more than other groups.

An undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, whose body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Miss., Aug. 31, 1955.

It features interviews with “Emmett Till’s cousins Rev. Wheeler Parker, who was a witness to the abduction, Ms. Ollie Gordon and Amos Smith, and Ms. Thelma Wright, Ms. Mamie Till-Mobley’s ...