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Music
Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends Disc 1 [Full Length Album]
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Emmett Till's birthday
Emmett Till was born and was nicknamed "Bobo" and he was always happy and full of jokes. -
Emmett's Great Uncle Moses Wright Visits
He tells Emmett that his cousin Wheeler Parker would be in Mississippi. -
Mamie Till, Emmett's mom prepares him to leave
She gives him the signet ring that belonged to his father, Louis Till. -
Emmett and his Great Uncle Arrive
Emmett Till and Moses Wright arrive in Money, Mississippi -
Emmett and friends show up in grocery store
Emmett is accused of flirting with Carolyn Bryant, a white woman. -
J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant kidnap Emmett
After kidnapping Emmett, the half-brothers beat him, shot him in the head, tied his neck with barbed wire, and dropped his corpse into the Tallahatchie River. -
Moses Wright goes to the authorities
He reports Emmett Till as missing. -
Emmett Till's body is found
He was beaten so badly, that the only thing that identified him was the signet ring on his finger. -
Mamie Till and Roy Wilkins condemn Mississippi
Accuse Mississippians of condoning racism and injustice -
Mamie Till sends letter to White House
In her telegram she asks then President Dwight D. Eisenhower for justice for her son. -
Mamie Till goes to Jet Magazine
She submits gruesome pictures of her son's mutilated corpse to black publications like Jet Magazine so that everyone could see -
Trial begins
-Trial opened in summer, Mississippi in Tallahatchie County on September 19
-Was called state of Mississippi vs. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam
Judge states charges being tried are kidnapping and man slaughter -
Trial continues
-September 20, Judge Curtis Swango calls for recess to collect more witnesses
-A team of black and white people go searching for any share croppers that may have been a witness -
Witness is found
Moses Wright stands on the witness stand points his finger towards his nephews attackers and accuses them of murder -
Jury comes to a decision
the two defendants are let go by the all-white jury (proven not guilty)
one reporter states “we wouldn’t have taken so long if we hadn’t stopped to drink pop” -
Judge lets Emmett Till's killers go
the murders are released on bond , kidnapping charges still pending. -
Killers testify again
Wright and Reed testify one more time in front of Leflore grand jury on the account of kidnapping, once again the two murderers are let free . -
South is criticized for blatant denial of racism
Most Southern newspapers denounced Till's murder
Northern newspapers both black white begin to investigate further
Southern press retaliated with anti-black rhetoric and further backlash
criticism came from NAACP, Life magazine, The New York Times -
J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant confess to the murder
Reporter William Bradford Huie pays them $4,000 to publish their confessions in Look magazine. The article was called "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi". -
African American journalist gives his take on the media
Simeon Booker submits his account of Jet magazine's coverage of the Emmett Till case -
Source Citations
"Emmett Till." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/emmett-till.
"People & Events: Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955)." American Experience. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/p_till.html.
"Till, Emmett Louis (1941-1955)." Till, Emmett Louis (1941-1955). N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_till_emmett_louis_1941_1955/. -
Source Citations
Booker, Simeon. "Nieman Reports | To Be a 'Negro' Newsman-Reporting on the Emmett Till Murder Trial." Review. Jet Magazine 1956: n. pag. Nieman Reports. Web. 23 April 2014.
"Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum." Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 April 2014.
"Emmett Till." Emmett Till. n.p., n.d. Web. 22 April 2014.
"Emmett Till Murderers Make Magazine Confession." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 23 April 2014. -
Picture Citations
“Emmett Till, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front.” Photograph. 1955. Web. 23 April 2014. “Mamie Till’s telegram to the president.” Photograph. n.d. Web. 23 April 2014. Booker, Simeon. “Simeon Booker, center, covers the Emmett Till murder trial for Jet magazine.” Photograph. 1956. Web. 23 April 2014. -
Source Citations
"For All the World to See : Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights : The Power of a Photograph: The Lynching of Emmett Till." For All the World to See : Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights : The Power of a Photograph: The Lynching of Emmett Till. n.p., n.d. Web. 23 April 2014. Huie, William B. "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi." Editorial. Look Magazine 24 Jan. 1956: 46-50. Emmett Till. Web.
Huntzicker, Bill, and Donna Harrington-Lueker. "H-Net Review
