![Funeral for Emmett Till, lynched in 1955, unfolds every day in the nation's capital - The Washington Post Funeral for Emmett Till, lynched in 1955, unfolds every day in the nation's capital - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YS4LD2UF6MI6RHQGJW2SVRBOAU.jpg&w=1200)
Funeral for Emmett Till, lynched in 1955, unfolds every day in the nation's capital - The Washington Post
![Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie](https://cdn.superstock.com/5513/Comp/5513-16144236.webp)
Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie
![Keith Beauchamp on Twitter: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him Keith Beauchamp on Twitter: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ege-UZoXsAYdh7K.jpg:large)
Keith Beauchamp on Twitter: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him
![ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 ** FILE ** In this Sept. 22, 1955 file photo, a cotton-gin fan is presented as evidence in the trial investigating the death of 14-year-old Emmett ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 ** FILE ** In this Sept. 22, 1955 file photo, a cotton-gin fan is presented as evidence in the trial investigating the death of 14-year-old Emmett](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P9P2KN/advance-for-sunday-sept-7-file-in-this-sept-22-1955-file-photo-a-cotton-gin-fan-is-presented-as-evidence-in-the-trial-investigating-the-death-of-14-year-old-emmett-louis-till-in-sumner-miss-on-sept-22-1955-the-fan-had-been-tied-around-the-boys-neck-with-barbed-wire-when-his-body-was-found-in-the-tallahatchie-river-near-the-delta-community-of-money-mississippi-on-august-31-1955-the-case-is-one-of-nearly-one-hundred-unsolved-racial-killings-that-has-been-prosecuted-under-the-fbis-cold-case-initiative-hopes-were-raised-say-family-members-of-the-victims-but-justice-ha-2P9P2KN.jpg)
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 ** FILE ** In this Sept. 22, 1955 file photo, a cotton-gin fan is presented as evidence in the trial investigating the death of 14-year-old Emmett
![Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder](https://images.theconversation.com/files/271078/original/file-20190425-121224-14bzoh5.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)