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   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 being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers drew attention to the long history of ...

   • Education: James McCosh Elementary School
   • Died: August 28, 1955 (aged 14), Drew, Mississippi, U.S.

   • Born: Emmett Louis Till, July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

2. www.history.com › topics › black-historyEmmett Till: Body, Death, Funeral & Face | HISTORY

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   Dec 2, 2009 · Emmett Till, a 14-year old Black youth, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. A Chicago native,...

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   Jan 24, 2024 · Emmett Till. The brutal abduction and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955, galvanized the emerging civil rights movement. By Biography.com Editors Updated: Jan 24, 2024....

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5. nmaahc.si.edu › explore › storiesEmmett Till's Death Inspired a Movement | National Museum of ...

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   The alleged youthful teasing of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till with white store clerk Carolyn Bryant, on August 28, 1955, led to his brutal murder at the hands of Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother, J.W. Till's death was the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.

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6. www.pbs.org › features › till-timelineThe Murder of Emmett Till | American Experience | PBS

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   Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till is born in Chicago's Cook County Hospital to Louis and Mamie Till. Also this year, sociologist Gunnar Myrdal publishes a landmark study on whites' preoccupation...

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8. www.britannica.com › biography › Emmett-TillEmmett Till | Death, Mother, Grave, & Facts | Britannica

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   2 days ago · Emmett Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi) was an African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class parents on the South Side of Chicago.

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   The Murder of Emmett Till. The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi. While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant.

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    Who was Emmett Till?

    • Emmett Till, a 14-year old Black youth, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. A Chicago native, Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, when he was accused of harassing a local white woman.

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    Was Emmett Till a real person?

    • The 2002 book Mississippi Trials, 1955 is a fictionalized account of Till's death. The 2015 song by Janelle Monáe, "Hell You Talmbout", invokes the names of African-American people—including Emmett Till—who died as a result of encounters with law enforcement or racial violence.

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    What is the Emmett Till generation?

    • Joyce Ladner discusses how she coined the term, “Emmett Till Generation,” which she uses to describe the African American baby boomers in the South who were inspired by Till’s murder to join a burgeoning movement of mass meetings, sit-ins, and marches to demand their equal treatment under the law.

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    Where does Emmett Till go?

    • It is inscribed with the initials L.T. Emmett Till arrives in Money, Mississippi, and goes to stay at the home of his great uncle Moses Wright. Emmett joins a group of teenagers, seven boys and one girl, to go to Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market for refreshments to cool off after a long day of picking cotton in the hot sun.

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