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Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store.
- James McCosh Elementary School
- August 28, 1955 (aged 14), Drew, Mississippi, U.S.
- Emmett Louis Till, July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally murdered by a white store clerk and her husband in 1955, after he allegedly teased her. His death galvanized the civil rights movement and inspired Rosa Parks to refuse to give up her seat on a bus. Learn more about his legacy, the trial, and the impact of his murder on African American history and culture.
Learn about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy, and how it sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Read eyewitness accounts, newspaper articles, and interviews with journalists and activists who were inspired by Till's case.
Dec 2, 2009 · Learn about Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black youth who was murdered in 1955 in a racist attack that sparked the civil rights movement. Explore his early years, the open-casket funeral, the trial and acquittal, and the film and legacy of his case.
Feb 9, 2010 · Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally beaten, shot and thrown into a river by two white men in Mississippi in 1955. His murder sparked the civil rights movement and a federal hate crime law. Learn about his life, the trial and the legacy of his case.
Jan 24, 2024 · Emmett Till was a 14-year-old Black boy who was brutally murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. His murder and open casket funeral galvanized the civil rights movement. Learn about his life, death, trial, impact and legacy from Biography.com.
Learn about the 1955 kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was beaten, shot, and thrown into a river by two white men in Mississippi. Find out how the FBI reopened the case in 2004 and confirmed that the statute of limitations had expired, and how the case galvanized the civil rights movement.
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