Home Of Emmett Till Earns Landmark Designation In Chicago

Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 when the Black child was torn from his bed in the middle of the night. Two white men accused Till of catcalling a white woman and proceeded to beat and shoot him, ultimately disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River. Nearly 76 years later, his former childhood home in Chicago has been declared a landmark, reflecting the role his murder played in history.