Overview

• The Amtrak City of New Orleans departed Chicago’s Union Station at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday after a communal prayer and arrived in Greenwood on Thursday morning, the date of Till’s 1955 murder.
• The Emmett Till Interpretive Center and the National Parks Conservation Association organized the trip, with Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., his wife Dr. Marvel Parker, and Juliet Louis among the participants.
• Mississippi’s Department of Archives and History displayed the .45-caliber pistol linked to J.W. Milam, authenticated by serial number and now exhibited at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
• Commemorative programming spans Thursday to Saturday, including panels, a theatrical performance, a memorial service, and a wreath-laying at the barn site in Drew, Mississippi.
• Till’s killing and the acquittal of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam galvanized national outrage, amplified by Mamie Till’s open-casket funeral, a legacy recalled by attendees as they reflect on progress and healing.