Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after ...
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Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was an African American teenager who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. Wikipedia
Born: July 25, 1941, Chicago, IL
Died: August 28, 1955 (age 14 years), Drew, MS
Date of burial: September 6, 1955
Place of burial: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
Parents: Mamie Till-Mobley and Louis Till
Award: Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous, 2022)
Education: James McCosh Elementary School
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi.
The tragic 1955 murder of an African-American teenager in Mississippi shocks the nation.
Feb 9, 2010 · Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days ...
King, was deeply impacted by Till's abduction and murder, delivering a sermon just days after Bryant and Milam's acquittal (“Pride Versus Humility: The Parable ...
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Jan 24, 2024 · The brutal abduction and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955, galvanized the emerging civil rights movement.
3 days ago · Emmett Till, African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement.
Apr 27, 2023 · Emmett never knew his father, Louis Till, who joined the Army and was accused of raping two women and killing another in Italy in World War II.
Milam, kidnap Emmett Till from Moses Wright's home. They will later describe brutally beating him, taking him to the edge of the Tallahatchie River, shooting ...
Apr 27, 2023 · Woman whose accusation led to the lynching of Emmett Till has died at 88, coroner says ... Carolyn Bryant, pictured at age 21.