Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument • IL,MS

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In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement into motion.

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, ca. 1954.
NAACP Records, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago.
Battiest Photography / National Trust for Historic Preservation

Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till’s body was found near Graball Landing on the Tallahatchie River following his lynching in 1955.
NPS / Chalice Keith

The trial of the men accused of lynching Emmett Till took place at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi in 1955.
NPS / Stephanie Metzler

At the Mississippi unit, visitor information can be found at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, in Sumner, Mississippi.
Nole Wade

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Last updated: September 17, 2026

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Mailing Address:

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument Headquarters
P.O. Box 361
Sumner, MS 38957

Phone:

(662) 483-1231
Sumner Visitor Center

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