AdvertisementA Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades LaterOctober 27, 2018Wade GoodwynfacebookEmailA plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. The 14-year-old was killed in Mississippi in 1955. The FBI has reopened the investigation into his lynching. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)