US EditionEmmett Till's Family Seeks Answers as Federal Records Remain Redacted
The 6,000-page release includes FBI, Justice Department, and NAACP documents revealing federal responses and ongoing investigations into Till's 1955 lynching.
- On Friday, Aug. 22, the National Archives released thousands of Emmett Till records just ahead of the 70th anniversary, following Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board procedures.
- Emmett Till, 14, was abducted, tortured and lynched after being accused of offending a white woman, an event that occurred on Aug. 28, 1955, helping spark the civil rights movement.
- The Justice Department last week released more than 6,000 pages including DOJ, FBI, NAACP and White House documents, but Priscilla Till said many files were heavily redacted and incomplete.
- The Justice Department has reopened the case several times, most recently in 2021, when federal investigators closed the inquiry without charges due to insufficient evidence; a family member says many questions remain and asked why DOJ officials visited days before the files were released.
- Thursday marks 70 years since Emmett Till's murder, a moment that galvanized the civil rights movement after his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket; President Joe Biden signed a 2022 bill naming lynching a federal hate crime and established a 2023 national monument honoring Till and his mother.
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Leaders, family mark 70th anniversary of Emmett Till's murder
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - In honor of Emmett Till and to commemorate the 70th anniversary of his murder in Mississippi, leaders and family members gathered at the State Capitol to recognize his impact and legacy on the United States. "It's 70 years that we stand here today, feeling the same sense of injustice, feeling the same sense of pain, feeling the same sense that his death will not be in vain as his mother wanted and feeling the same sense f…
Family: Emmett Till's murder records raise questions in the wake of anniversary
By Eboni Anderson Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON (WAPT) — A family member of Emmett Till is speaking out following the release of thousands of federal records tied to his 1955 lynching. The U.S. Department of Justice last week made public more than 6,000 pages of documents from its investigation into the case. Till’s cousin, Priscilla Till, said many of the files were heavily redacted, leaving her with questions about why in…
In the summer of 1955, whites in Mississippi abduct, abuse and murder 14-year-old Emmett Till. The brutal murder of the black boy sparks the U.S. civil rights movementIn mid-August 1955, Emmett Till travels to Mississippi by train from his hometown of Chicago. He is just 14 years old and wants to spend the summer holidays together with his cousins in the south. Emmett's great-uncle Moses Wright lives with his family in a small wooden house on a …
National Archives releases Emmett Till records
National Archives released thousands of pages on Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching, including FBI, DOJ and Civil Rights Commission records, marking the 70th anniversary. The post National Archives releases Emmett Till records first appeared on North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.
Emmett Till Lynching Records Released: Why the 1955 Case Still Matters.
(ThyBlackMan.com) The US National Archives announced its release of thousands of pages of records on the Emmett Till Lynching in 1955. It timed it with the 70th anniversary of the brutal racial slaying of Till. It called the killing a “watershed moment in American history”. That’s an understatement for both personal and political reasons. The announcement stirred the never-ending memory I have of that September day in 1955. That was the day of T…
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