JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Miss…

The teenager’s brutal killing inspired a generation of civil rights activists

Carolyn Donham is quoted in "The Blood of Emmett Till" by Timothy B. Tyson saying that she lied about Till grabbing her, whistling and making sexual advances.

Justice's action comes after the feds reopened the inquiry into the 1955 killing. The Black teen's murder energized the civil rights movement.

The family of Emmett Till announced Monday that the Department of Justice has formally closed its second investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till.Why it matters: The DOJ reopened the probe in 2018 after the white woman at the center of the case repor…

The Department of Justice has for the second time officially closed its investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old who died in one of the most notorious murders of the civil rights era. ...

DOJ reopened an investigation after a 2017 book quoted Carolyn Bryant Donham saying she lied in claiming the 14-year-old made sexual advances.

The U.S. Justice Department has told relatives of Emmett Till that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager

The U.S. Justice Department has told relatives of Emmett Till that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he…

Emmett Till death investigation ending at Justice Department, source says; lynching galvanized civil rights movement

The family of Emmett Till will address the final report from the FBI and Justice Department's investigation into Till's 1955 murder.

The Justice Department has officially closed its investigation into the infamous of killing Emmett Till for a second time, two sources familiar with the investigation said, leaving only more questions after a potentially significant claim from one of the last…

We can demonstrate that we have finally begun to value Black lives by ensuring that the Emmett Till Antilyching Act is signed into law.

Like many Black people in this country, I had been waiting for the verdict with bated breath. That is part of the Black experience in America -- holding one's breath, hoping for justice and yet not expecting it, writes Nsenga Burton.

“I’m dreaming of a non-white Christmas.” That’s the aim of BLM activists in California, who want people to direct all their festive spending to black-owned companies and pull investment out of their white-owned counterparts. The countdown to the holidays is w…

Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal in the deaths of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prompted some outrageous yet unsurprising reactions from white conservatives.

The trial of the three White men who killed him Ahmaud Arbery came to an end Wednesday after weeks mirroring a long history of court cases where racism and the dehumanization of Black victims were pervasive.

Civil rights leaders predict inequities and systemic racism within the criminal-justice system will remain the norm - even after the Arbery verdicts.

Civil rights leaders called the guilty verdict in the Georgia trial "long overdue" but decried the country's "deeply engrained" racist ideologies.

The task of tearing down barriers to racial equality remains unfinished so long as there are corners of society where an Ahmaud Arbery can be killed.

Even after the rise and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the elections of a Black president and Vice President and several years of racial reckoning over state violence against Black men and women, if you want it's still plain to see how far som…

Four men known as the "Groveland Four" have been exonerated of the false accusation that they raped a white woman in 1949.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson stated that Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal “was an injustice. This was worse than the Emmett Till trial.” Johnson stated, “It was unfortunate for the families of the victi…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @ananavarro: While the Right doubles-down, defending the “benefit” of slavery, @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris sign a proclamation establishin…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @BrandtRobinson: Thank you President Biden and Vice President Harris for announcing the creation of a National Monument to honor Emmett…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @BeschlossDC: Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955), brutally murdered in Mississippi, honored today. https://t.co/cEOZ3MU8iP

RT @POTUS: Today, I was joined by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. – he was only 16 when his cousin Emmett Till was lynched. Years later, he’s…

RT @POTUS: Today would've been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday. Later today, I'll sign into law a presidential proclamation establishing the…

RT @LqLana: Today marks the 82nd birthday of Emmett Till. Emmett was 14 when he was kidnapped tortured and murdered. When Emmitt was fin…

RT @NatlParkService: The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument became the country’s 425th national park today, on the 82nd an…

RT @KamalaHarris: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley helped fuel the movement for civil rights in Ame…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @KamalaHarris: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley helped fuel the movement for civil rights in Ame…

RT @VP: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley continue to inspire our fight for justice. Today, @POTUS…

RT @iamrobertalea: He could’ve been a grandpa, a retired vet, teacher, community leader, etc. The possibilities around his life were endles…

RT @PettyLupone: Honey, Kamala Harris changed her schedule and flew to Florida just to gather DeSantis then flew back to DC to gather him a…

RT @BerniceKing: Emmett Till should be 82 today. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, ensured that the world saw how gruesomely her 14 year-old…

RT @VP: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley continue to inspire our fight for justice. Today, @POTUS…

RT @JoeBiden: Today, I signed a proclamation designating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in both Illinois and Missi…

RT @KamalaHarris: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley helped fuel the movement for civil rights in Ame…

RT @POTUS: Today, on what would’ve been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, we add a chapter of remembrance and healing to the story. Just as we…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @AfricanArchives: Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally…

RT @POTUS: Today, I was joined by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. – he was only 16 when his cousin Emmett Till was lynched. Years later, he’s…

RT @JoeBiden: Today, I signed a proclamation designating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in both Illinois and Missi…

RT @GavinNewsom: Last April in Jackson, Mississippi, I was able to visit the Emmett Till exhibit with the Mayor and his family. Nothing wo…

RT @JoeBiden: Today, I signed a proclamation designating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in both Illinois and Missi…

I still remember the sickening feeling in freshman year when our english teacher had us discuss Emmett Till before we started reading To Kill a Mockingbird https://t.co/ODMLvCzp6I

RT @NatlParkService: The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument became the country’s 425th national park today, on the 82nd an…

RT @JoeBiden: Today, I signed a proclamation designating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in both Illinois and Missi…

RT @POTUS: Today, on what would’ve been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, we add a chapter of remembrance and healing to the story. Just as we…

RT @VP: The story of Emmett Till and the incredible bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley continue to inspire our fight for justice. Today, @POTUS…

RT @Perednia: An article about Emmett Till's mother's choice for an open casket funeral did more to show racial hatred to my 8th graders th…

RT @BackAvatar: Speaking of #Till - does anyone remember MAGA tweeting about the film or Emmett’s brave, courageous and beautiful mother?…

RT @TalbertSwan: Listen, after... Carolyn Bryant LIED on Emmett Till, causing him to be lynched Susan Smith LIED that a Black man kidnapp…

RT @Saahearn: Are you watching @maddow? They keep having to change the sign marking the site at the river where Emmett Till’s body was foun…

RT @KeneAkers: ::BREAKING:: President Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother; Biden is also expected…

RT @PressSec: Tomorrow, on the 82nd anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth – President Biden will sign a proclamation to establish the Emmett T…

RT @KathleenHBeach: Biden designates a national monument honoring Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley This is how a POTUS leads. Thank you,…

RT @HarrietEve9: Meanwhile, Joe Biden did nothing to insure that Carolyn Bryant was arrested for her part in the brutal murder of Emmett Ti…