IDAHO FALLS – As David Snell prepares for the annual Martin Luther King Banquet in Idaho Falls, he reflects on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. The Idaho Falls African-American Alliance ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was not only Emmett Till’s cousin but also his best friend. "My grandfather came to Chicago to bury one of his parishioners, and they were going to send me back with him ...

Most everyone is taught that Emmett Till whistled at a white woman at a rural grocery store on an August Wednesday in 1955. The following Saturday night, that woman’s husband and brothers ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was not only Emmett Till’s cousin but also his best friend. "My grandfather came to Chicago to bury one of his parishioners, and they were going to send me back with him ...

An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14 year old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955.

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was not only Emmett Till’s cousin but also his best friend. "My grandfather came to Chicago to bury one of his parishioners, and they were going to send me back with him ...

An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14 year old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955.

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. is the last living witness to one of America’s most notorious lynchings. He was with his cousin, Emmett Till, in 1955 when the 14-year-old was accused of whistling at a ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. is the last living witness to one of America’s most notorious lynchings. He was with his cousin, Emmett Till, in 1955 when the 14-year-old was accused of whistling at a ...

An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14 year old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955.

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. is the last living witness to one of America’s most notorious lynchings. He was with his cousin, Emmett Till, in 1955 when the 14-year-old was accused of whistling at a ...