Research Guides: Emmett Till Archives: Archival Collections

Video footage of people and places significant to the murder of Emmett Till, recorded by Keith A. Beauchamp for use in the documentary motion picture The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.

Davis Houck Papers

Till research materials including newclippings, creative and scholarly works, and government records.

Joseph Tobias Papers

Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, a Chicago attorney who represented Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960.

Devery Anderson Papers

Newspaper articles, publications, interviews, and notes collected and created by author Devery Anderson during research for publications on Emmett Till

Till Archives Archive-It Collection

Websites of Till Archives partners preserved at the Internet Archive.

Emmett Louis Till

Emmett Louis Till, December 1954
Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955) of Chicago, Illinois was kidnapped and murdered in August 1955 while visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi. Till’s murder and the subsequent acquittal and confession of murder accomplices J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant were widely reported by national media, and demonstrated the prevalence of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in Mississippi and the American South. Till's murder is regarded as a significant catalyst for the midcentury African-American Civil Rights Movement.