Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Welcome Center will open its doors on what would have been Till's 84th birthday.

Bronzeville's Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, part of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, is restoring the building.

Emmett Till’s death shocked millions of people across America and was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, but many facts about his life and his murder remained unknown for decades.

In honor of Emmett Till’s birthday, the Two Mississippi Museums will host free flash tours at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 25, in Jackson.

The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till with a pair of conversations.

What happened? In the summer of 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley put her son Emmett on a train to her native Mississippi, where he was to spend time with his uncle and his cousins.