The former home of Emmett Till is on St. Lawrence Avenue in Chicago.
The home of Emmett Till, the African American teen whose murder became an important catalyst in the civil rights movement, has been granted landmark status by the Chicago City Council.
In 1955, Emmett traveled to Mississippi to visit his great uncle. It was during this visit that Till was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant, a White woman.
Four days later, Bryant’s husband, Roy, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, killed Emmett, 14, and dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River.
Less than a month after his body was recovered, an all-White jury deliberated for under an hour before acquitting the two.
