Young people read about the life and death of Emmett Till during a tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Jackson. Free tours were offered in honor of Till’s birthday. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The gun believed to have been used to kill Emmett Till is now in the hands of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
A news conference will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, the 70th anniversary of Till’s murder, at the Two Mississippi Museums to announce the donation of the .45-caliber pistol that J.W. Milam is believed to have used to pistol-whip and shoot the Chicago teen, who had just turned 14…