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Emmett Till was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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The life of a 14 year old shocked the nation with his muder in Money, Mississippi. His murder was a start to the Civil Rights Movement.
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When Emmett was five, he got polio, but survived it.
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Emmett was one of the funniest kids at McCosh, according to his friend.
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Was the last time Emmett till ever saw his mother Miss. Maime Till
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Emmett arrives in Money, Mississippi.
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Emmett Till and a group of teenagers entered Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market to buy refreshments after a long day picking cotton in the hot afternoon sun.
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August 28, 1955 approximately 2:30 in the morning, Roy Bryant, Carolyn's husband, and his half-brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till from Moses Wright's home.
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Maime Till says the funeral must be open-cased.
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Though it pained his mother, Maime Till, to see her son in a casket; she demanded for an open casket to "let the world see what has happened."
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Three Days later, his body was recovered from the bottom of the Tallahatchie River.
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Somewhere in the time of January of 1956 Milam and Bryant admitted to the crime of kidnapping and killing Emmett Till but was protected by Double Law.
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On September 19, the kidnapping and murder trial of Bryant and Milam began in Sumner, Mississippi. Five days later, on September 23, the all-white, all-male jury acquitted the two men of murder after deliberating for little over an hour.
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All charges of Bryant and Milam were dropped even though of all the evidence they had aganist them
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“Emmett Till.” History.com A+E Networks. 2009. Web. 10 April 2014
Emmett, Till. Emmett Till head-shoulders portrait facing front. 1955. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. log.gov 1 photographic print. April 15, 2014
History.com Staff. “Emmett Till” History.com. A+E Networks, 2009. Web. April 14, 2014.
Emmett Till and his mother, Maime Bradly, head-and-shoulders portrait. ca,1950. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. log.gov. 1 photographic print. April 15,2014
