Emmett Till lynching records unveil government response

The US government has released thousands of records detailing its response to the 1955 lynching of black teenager Emmett Till. This release comes ahead of the 70th anniversary of Till's killing, a pivotal moment in the US civil rights movement. The documents shed light on the brutal murder that galvanized activism and eventually led to the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act being signed into law in 2022. The new release of more than 6,500 pages of records by the National Archives provides crucial historical context and insight into this tragic chapter in American history.