Witness: Black History Collection

A white woman from Mississippi, whose false accusation led to the lynching of Emmett Till, has died aged 88. Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was brutally murdered in America's deep south in August 1955. His death was one of the key events that energized the American civil rights movement. An all-white jury acquitted the two white suspects. Farhana Haider has been listening through interviews with some of Emmett's family, to tell the story of the young boy who became an icon in the struggle against racism in America. (Photo: Emmett Till lying on his bed in Chicago, in 1955. Credit: Getty Images)