Emmett Till stories:
No rest for Emmett Till even in death; boy's original casket tied to Chicago cemetery scandal
Jul 13th, 2009 - Newsday
CHICAGO (AP) - When his mother put the battered body of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the ground more than 50 years ago, it was supposed to be the end of a sad saga for the boy whose lynching became a rallying point for the civil rights movement.
Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemetery
Jul 10th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
ALSIP, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.
Hundreds of bodies dug up in Chicago grave reselling scheme
Jul 10th, 2009 - The Seattle Times
ALSIP, Ill. - Authorities Thursday sharply increased the estimate of the number of bodies disinterred at Burr Oak Cemetery in a suburb of Chicago in a scheme to illegally resell grave sites.
Emmett Till videos from YouTube:
- Death of Emmett TillImages and text of the Emmett Till story put to the Bob Dylan song, The Death of Emmett Till.
- Who Killed Emmett Till?An examination of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, including why the case was reopened. This is the first segment in a one hour documentary.
- An Emmett Till Inspired...**Student Film** The student short docudrama is very, very loosely based on the events of Emmett Till. The film does not serve as an accurate representation of the real events. It serves to remind and to inform everyone of who Emmett Till is ...
- 1/2 THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILLIn the summer of 1955, Mamie Till gave in to her son's pleas to visit relatives in the South. But before putting her only son Emmett on bus in Chicago, she gave him a stern warning: "Be careful ...
