Emmett Till

NBC Chicago and the Collaboraction Theatre Company bring to life the Emmett Till murder trial in a staged theatrical adaptation “The Lost Story of Emmett Till: Trial in the Delta.”

NBC Chicago and the Collaboraction Theatre Company bring to life the Emmett Till murder trial in a staged theatrical adaptation The Lost Story of Emmett Till: Trial in the Delta.

Relatives of Emmett Till have been stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into his lynching in Mississippi in 1955.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal hate crime. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which Congress passed on March 7, enables the prosecution of crimes as lynchings if they are done during a hate crime in which the victim is injured or slain.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. The new law makes it possible to prosecute a crime as a lynching when a conspiracy to commit a hate crime leads to death or serious bodily injury, according to the bill’s champion,…

President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed

NBC Chicago’s one-hour special, “The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child,” will air at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 19. The program is an extended version of NBC Chicago’s documentary that debuted exclusively on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire in February.

The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act last night, making lynching a federal hate crime.

Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

The U.S. House Monday evening was expected to make lynching a federal hate crime by passing a bill named for Chicago teen Emmett Till. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

“Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till” comes to Chicago’s social justice theatre company Collaboration as the first stage reenactment of the iconic trial. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

NBC Chicago anchor Marion Brooks discusses the new Emmett Till documentary ‘The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child’ and why the murder of the Black teenager from Chicago in 1955 is still so relevant today.

The brutal murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, and the acquittal of the two white men who killed him, was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. But almost as fast as Emmett’s name became known around the world, it began to fade. How did it happen? How could people forget the torture of a 14-year-old boy?...

NBC Chicago’s original documentary, “The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child,” launching on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire, examines the 1955 lynching of a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi and the impact of his murder on the Civil Rights Movement.

The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

The U.S. Justice Department is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager Emmett Till

To honor Mamie Till’s 100th birthday, Northwestern University has opened a new non-profit dedicated to continuing her educational activism. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has more.

In what would have been Emmett Till’s 80th year, a sign marking where his body was found at age 14 is now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.