Emmett Till

By nrao

  • Vacation

    Emmett Till and his cousin Curtis Jones visit Money, Mississippi with their Uncle Mose to go cotton picking.
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    Emmett Till

  • Disapperance

    Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam kidnapped Emmett Till afteer learning that Emmett whistled at his wife.

  • Emmett's Body

    Emmett's body was found three days later floating in the Tallahatchie River severley beaten, shot and decomposed.

  • Trial Begins

    The Emmett Till Case opens on whether or noot Bryant and Milam murdered him.

  • Case Ends

    The all white male jury finds Bryant and Milam not guilty of murdering Emmett Till.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks was thinking about Emmett Till's death when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.