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Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941.
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He was diagniosed with polio at age 5, so he had a slight stutter.
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Emmett was given a ring by his mother engraved with his father's initials on it right before he went to Mississippi to visit his uncle.
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Emmett Till was at the local gas station getting something for his uncle and as a white lady walked out of the store he whistled at her and said 'bye bye, baby.'
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Eight days after whistling to the white lady two men came and found Emmett and violently and brutally killed him.
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They found Emmett Till's body floating dead in the river.
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Emmett Till's mother had an open casket funeral for her son, so the public could see what the two men did to him.
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After the whole country has heard Emmett Till's story the whole country was in shock, by the juries choice.
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J W Milam and Roy Bryant were sent to court for the murder of Emmett Till. Milam and Bryant are accused in front of the jury of going to Till’s house and murdering him.
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the two men are acquitted for the murder of Emmett Till. Meaning the trial is over.
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Milam and Bryant are released on bond with pending murder charges.
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the men admit to murdering Emmett Till but no charges will be held against the two.
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These two men told the whole story of how they beat and killed Emmett Till to "Look Magazine" for 4,000 dollars.
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He died of bladder cancer
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Roy Bryant dies in Mississippi of cancer.
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