![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
![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/271200/original/file-20190426-194637-1o4a9v7.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)
Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder
![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
![Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton](https://cdn.imago-images.com/bild/st/0084467015/m.jpg)