In 1955, JET magazine published a photograph that changed the scope of the civil rights movement forever—the body of Emmett Till at his open-casket funeral. After permission was given to run the image (taken by David Jackson) via Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the photograph sparked decades long household conversations that unveiled America’s ugliest truth. Today, after more than 200 failed attempts– President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate c

Emmett Till was buried on September 6, 1955. Mamie Till Mobley's decision to hold an open-casket funeral for would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation. | American Experience | PBS

More than 6 decades after Emmett Till was murdered, locals are grappling with how to memorialize him. In this New York Times virtual reality experience, witness the present day conditions of the physical remnants of his legacy. Read more: https://nyti.ms/2SQeIxP | The New York Times

Emmett Till's murder helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. Learn his story and legacy through the photographs of the joyful life he led in Chicago, the gut-wrenching images of his funeral, and the courtroom sketches of the trial in "Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till. | Chicago History Museum