The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum put the gun on display Thursday, soon after the federal government released thousands of pages of records on the Till case.

A grim artifact of the Civil Rights Movement has found its way into the hands of Mississippi historians: the pistol used in the racially motivated 1955 murder of Black teen Emmett Till.

Assisting at the scene was the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office, Harpers Ferry Fire and Rescue and Waterville Ambulance and Veterans Memorial Hospital Ambulance.

Officials with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) announced that the gun used in the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the weapon’s ...

Will Tropical Storm Erin hit the US or turn? Here's what early forecasts say. General testifies he didn't hear L.A. protests described as "rebellion" Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez Are ...

The Central Mississippi real estate market for million dollar homes seems to be hot heading into the fall. It has no shortage of interesting homes for sale.

The weapon is thought to have belonged to J.W. Milam, one of the two men who kidnapped, tortured and killed the Black teenager for whistling at a white woman in a grocery store in 1955 ...

A months-long investigation by the Gallatin Police Department led to the arrest of an alleged MS-13 gang member early Wednesday morning.

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s ...

During Reformation’s Summer Sale, shop dresses, sweaters, jeans, and more for 50 percent off, making this the retailer’s biggest markdowns we’ve seen yet.