Emmett Till had been to Mississippi earlier in his life, but almost didn’t make the trip in 1955. Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, was worried about Emmett traveling to the Jim Crow South.

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.

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.