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Emmett Till arrives in Money Mississippi.
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Hiram Hillburn arrives in Money Mississippi to visit his grampa.
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R.C. Rydell suffocates Emmett Till with fishguts after Emmett asks for His and Hiram's leftovers.
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Emmett Till alledgedly whistles at Carolyn Bryant in 'Bryant's Grocery'.
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Roy Bryant (Carolyn's Husband), J.W. Milam (Roy's Half-Brother), an unidentified man, and an unidentified woman kidnap, beat, murder, and drown Emmett Till.
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J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant are arrested on kidnapping charges.
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Hiram Hillburn calls Sheriff Smith with a tip. He thinks that the unidentified man is R.C. Rydell.
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Emmett’s Body is pulled from river.
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A trial for Milam and Bryant is ordered.
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The photos of Emmett Till’s brutally beaten body are shot.
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Milam and Bryant are indicted for kidnapping and murder.
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The trial starts in Sumner, Mississippi.
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Mose Wright, Emmett's uncle, testifies in court.
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J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant are acquitted.
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Hiram Hillburn figures out that the unidentified man is his grampa, he does not tell anybody.