Emmett Till Relatives Gather at Boy’s Grave 60 Years Later

ALSIP, Ill. (AP) – Relatives and civil rights activists are gathered at the gravesite of Emmett Till to remember the black Chicago teenager 60 years after he was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.
The crowd surrounded the grave in Burr Oak Cemetery south of Chicago to listen to speeches and songs and comfort one another with hugs.

A large wreath of white flowers encircled a black and white portrait of Till’s smiling face.

Friday’s wreath-laying ceremony followed a procession from the church where the 14-year-old’s funeral took place.

Addressing the crowd, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush recalled his own mother explaining to him as an 8-year-old the “horrors” of Till’s death. He said that memory still inspires him.

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