Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the cousin of Emmett Till, told a group in Lincoln it's important to keep telling stories that show ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., a civil rights advocate, author and ordained minister, will deliver the keynote address for a Black ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till ...

Parker sat down with 12 News Gerron Jordan to discuss the murder that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Two men kidnapped, tortured and lynched Till in Drew, Mississippi. Till was visiting ...

The Rev. Wheeler Parker shared untold stories about what happened after Till was found murdered.

"You could not identify his face because he was so badly beaten, and they won the court case saying this is not Emmett Till, this is an old White man that you all have dug up out of the grave to ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...