It's just incredible to be working alongside with the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, sharing the story of his life. — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
“I had seen a photograph of Emmett Till's body just after it was pulled from the river. I had seen photographs of… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype.… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
We have two boys. After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, we had to explain to our older… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many… — Fred Shuttlesworth Copy Share Image
“I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about… — Elle Thornton Copy Share Image
Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered... I stood on a corner with a… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Some aweful things happened to a Negro kid named Emmett Till, and I was right in the middle of it,smack in the… — Chris Crowe Copy Share Image
In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long… — Charles Diggs Copy Share Image
“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in… — Richard Grant Copy Share Image
I think the picture in Jet magazine showing Emmett Till's mutilation was probably the greatest media product in the last forty or… — Charles Diggs Copy Share Image