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How Emmett Till is being honored in Chicago this weekend for what would be his 80th birthday Emmett Till appears with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in 1954.   Updated 7/24/2021 10:15 PM Events in Chicago this weekend as well as new and renewed legislation by a Chicago congressman are marking what would be the 80th birthday of Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager whose 1955 murder helped spark the civil rights movement. U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush spoke Saturday at Till s gravesite in the city, and recognition of his childhood home as a historic landmark will be made official today with a plaque dedication.   Till was born in Chicago July 25, 1941. He left his West Woodlawn home for a train trip to visit family in Money, Mississippi, where he was kidnapped from his uncle s home on Aug. 28, 1955, by white men who alleged he whistled at a white woman at a grocery store. Till s body was recovered on Aug. 31, 1955, barbed wire wrapped around his neck, face beaten beyond reco

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