The life and tragic death of Emmett Till is the focus of a new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. On August 28, 1955, Emmett was kidnapped, tortured, killed and dumped in the Tallahatchie ...
asks art historian Katharine Kuh in the introductory wall text of the Smart Museum’s ambitious ... Opened in 1974 as part of the University of Chicago’s art department, the Smart has long ...