![Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton](https://cdn.imago-images.com/bild/st/0084467015/m.jpg)
Sep 21, 1955 - Sumner, Mississippi, U.S. - Dist. Atty. GERALD CHATHAM (center) placed a heavy cotton
![Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie](https://cdn.superstock.com/5513/Comp/5513-16144236.jpg)
Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie
![Display inside the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in an old cotton-gin building in tiny Glendora, Mississippi | Library of Congress Display inside the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in an old cotton-gin building in tiny Glendora, Mississippi | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:42600:42674/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg)
Display inside the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in an old cotton-gin building in tiny Glendora, Mississippi | Library of Congress
![Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder](https://images.theconversation.com/files/271200/original/file-20190426-194637-1o4a9v7.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)