a b c d e f g h i Whitaker, Stephen (Summer 2005). "A Case Study in Southern Justice: The Murder and Trial of Emmett Till", (PDF) Rhetoric & Public Affairs 8 (2), pp. 189–224. At the time of Emmett's murder in 1955, Emmett's mother was often referred to as Mamie Till Bradley, using her second husband's surname. In 1957, she married Gene Mobley and then became known as Mamie Till Mobley. Emmett Till's family calls for justice after finding an unserved arrest warrant in his case". CNN. June 30, 2022. Once acquitted of murder (the jury deliberated for barely an hour), Bryant’s husband and Milam were protected against further prosecution by the double jeopardy rule and so admitted the crime to Look magazine. A statue was unveiled in Denver in 1976 (and has since been moved to Pueblo, Colorado) featuring Till with Martin Luther King Jr.

A 1991 book written by Stephen J. Whitfield, another by Christopher Metress in 2002, and Mamie Till-Mobley's memoirs the next year all posed questions as to who was involved in the murder and cover-up. Federal authorities in the 21st century worked to resolve the questions about the identity of the body pulled from the Tallahatchie River. [135]

This spring, Wheeler Parker drove me around Argo, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, showing me the places where he grew up. He told me more about the group of old men who went to elementary school with Till all those decades ago. They were planning to gather on what would have been Till’s 80th birthday for a weekend celebration. Parker said the old guys sit around and tell stories about the place where they were born.

Well, around here,” he said, and the names started coming: first his own brothers, then a local shoeshine man who used to play war games with them right where we were sitting. He kept rattling them off: Joanne, Mary Ellen, Louise, Lee. Nine or 10, he finally told me. He paused.Reeves, Jay; Breed, Allen G. (July 15, 2022). "Woman Who Accused Emmett Till Of Advances Says She Didn't Want Him Murdered". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022 . Retrieved July 15, 2022. in America. This line gives the reader a message about the importance of working together to build a better world.

Willie Louis died in 2013, and Simeon Wright died in 2017, leaving Wheeler Parker as the last surviving witness to the kidnapping. He’s working on a memoir. He wrote it in longhand and his wife, Marvel, typed it for him, at times weeping as she read things she hadn’t known, even after five decades of marriage.

Reeves, Jay (July 12, 2018). "Government probing "new information" in Emmett Till slaying". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018 . Retrieved July 12, 2018. Carlos thanked Jerome for helping him by lending him the toy gun. Jerome didn’t want to take it, but accepted it to please Carlos. Phillips, Kristine (July 12, 2018). "New details in book about Emmett Till's death prompted officials to reopen investigation". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 13, 2018.