The following announcement was written by the Emmett Till Memory Project (ETMP):

The Emmett Till Memory Project (ETMP), supported by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Mississippi and The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute in Chicago, launched a newly reimagined website and forthcoming mobile application. This coincides with what would have been Till’s 83rd birthday. 

Officials said the website offers an immersive, media-rich educational experience for users seeking to learn more about the life and legacy of Till.

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The ETMP tells the story of Till one location at a time. The new website features never-before-heard interviews with Till’s family members, who share his story in their own words.

“The more America wrestles with issues of racial justice, the more it returns to the story of Emmett Till,” said Dr. Dave Tell. “It has been the defining honor of my career–if not my life–to work alongside members of the Till family, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, and included by FAVOR, to create a resource that tells the true story of the life and death of Emmett Till.”

FILE – This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955 after witnesses claimed he whistled at a white woman working in a store. (AP Photo/File)