GENERAL RESOURCES

Devery S. Anderson:

• Who’s Who in the Emmett Till Case.
• Resources, primary sources. 

Anne & Emmett (play): An imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till.

Emmett Till Legacy Foundation. (Follow on Twitter here.)

Emmett Till Memory Project.

Emmett Till Interpretive Center.

Till Freedom Come Productions:

• Timeline of events.

DOCUMENTARIES

The Lost Story of Emmett Till.

The Murder of Emmett Till.

Till. (Official preview of the October 2022 movie.)

The Untold Story of Emmett Till.

BOOKS

Devery S. Anderson: Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement.

Herb Boyd: Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till.

Elliott J. Gorn: Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till.

Matthew A. Grindy & Davis W. Houck: Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press.

Dave Tell: Remembering Emmett Till.

Mamie Till-Mobley & Christopher Benson: Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America.

Timothy B. Tyson: The Blood of Emmett Till.

John Edgar Wideman: Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File.

ARTICLES

Devery S. Anderson: ‘She lied. He died.’ Not so fast, says Emmett Till expert.

Devlin Barrett: Justice Department closes Emmett Till investigation without filing charges.

Timothy Bella & DeNeen L. Brown: Emmett Till’s family calls for woman’s arrest after finding 1955 warrant. (See photo of the warrant in this article.)

Keisha Blain: Some think a movie about Emmett Till is unnecessary. Here’s why they’re wrong: Emmett Till’s lynching death was a major catalyst for the civil rights movement.

DeNeen L. Brown:

• Emmett Till’s brutal murder changed America. Now his home is a historic landmark.
• In unpublished memoir, Emmett Till’s accuser calls herself ‘a victim’.
• Emmett Till’s mother opened his casket and sparked the civil rights movement.

CNN: Senate passes Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022.

Monica Davey and Gretchen Ruethling: After 50 Years, Emmett Till’s Body Is Exhumed.

Shaila Dewan and Ariel Hart: F.B.I. Discovers Trial Transcript in Emmett Till Case.

Yohana Desta: Emmett Till Movie About His Mother’s Fight for Justice in the Works: Clemency writer-director Chinonye Chukwu is working with producers Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Broccoli on a film about Mamie Till Mobley’s fight for her son.  

Elliott J. Gorn:

• Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother, wanted the world to see what racism can do.
• Emmett Till’s Death Could Easily Have Been Forgotten. Here’s How It Became a Civil Rights Turning Point Instead.
• Why Emmett Till Still Matters.
• Let’s honor Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s remarkable mother, who would just have turned 100 years old.
• See more from Elliott J. Gorn here.

Jill Collen Jefferson: Journalist William Huie Concealed Lynchers in Emmett Till Case and Got Away With It.

Hank Klibanoff: “Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till” by Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd.

Wesley Lowery: Emmett Till’s death, and history, is fading in this Mississippi town.

Jerry Mitchell: Bombshell quote missing from Emmett Till tape. So did Carolyn Bryant Donham really recant?

NPR: Emmett Till’s Chicago home will get money designated for preserving Black history.

Robert Raben: Emmett Till had a last chance at justice. And we wasted it. What does it say about us — not the woman who accused him — that she has escaped justice?  

Sheila Weller:

• How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case.
• The Tragic Story of Emmett Till Finally Gets Hollywood’s Attention: Three different projects about the 1955 lynching, including a Jay Z–produced HBO mini-series and a movie starring Taraji P. Henson, are in the works.

Thomas Chatterton Williams: John Edgar Wideman Against the World: Late in a career marked by both triumph and tragedy, the fiercely independent author has written a new book exploring the unsettling case of Emmett Till’s father — and the isolation of black men in America.