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 ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/ From left: Walter Reed, Willie Reed, Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett ...

considered to be the birthplace of bebop jazz. Leggs wanted the Till home, in particular, to be highlighted, as Emmett's killing was labeled as a staple in the civil rights movement. He continues ...