When Emmett Till's body was found in the Tallahatchie River on Aug. 31, 1955, he was so badly beaten that he could only be identified by his father's ring. A 75-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire had kept him weighed down in the water in the three days since he was taken from his uncle's home. Watch "The Murder of Emmett Till" tonight at 9/8c on PBS or stream it anytime: to.pbs.org/3A2blGK | American Experience | PBS

Emmett Till's murder helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. Learn his story and legacy through the photographs of the joyful life he led in Chicago, the gut-wrenching images of his funeral, and the courtroom sketches of the trial in "Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till. | Chicago History Museum