His stunning art is among the highlights of the museum ... I can’t imagine a more beautiful creation.” When Emmett Till’s ...
Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941. Emmett was the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. He never knew his father, a soldier, who died during World War II. At the age of five ...
Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. tells his story at the Spencer Museum of Art, continuing to push for ... and childhood best friend in 1955, when Emmett Till was killed. They were vising family in Mississippi.
The Till home in Chicago's Southside will receive funding to revive the second floor to what it looked like when the family lived there.