Emmett Till

Her accusation led to the 14-year-old’s 1955 murder.

We remember “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman’s life today as well as the lives of other notable people who died this day in history.

She founded and ran the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation.

He recalled that day in 1955: ‘We had no idea what was going to happen.’

Medgar Evers, a civil rights icon gunned down at age 37, lived a life bookended by segregation. But in between those bookends, he fought for change.

Learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and the other great men and women who helped advance the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s and ’60s. Click the links below …