Emmett Till - Wikipedia Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American youth, who was 14 years old when he was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store
Emmett Till | Death, Mother, Grave, Facts | Britannica Emmett Till was a 14-year-old Black teenager who was abducted, beaten, and lynched by two white men in 1955 His murder galvanized the emerging civil rights movement in the United States
Emmett Till: Body, Death, Funeral Face | HISTORY Emmett Till, a 14-year old Black youth, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement
Emmett Tills Death Inspired a Movement | National Museum of . . . The alleged teasing of white store clerk Carolyn Bryant by the 14 year-old African American Emmett Till led to his brutal murder at the hands of Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother, J W Milam, forcing the American public to grapple with the menace of violence in the Jim Crow South
Emmetts Story | Emmett Till At 2 a m on Aug 28, 1955, Carolyn Bryant’s husband Roy and his brother J W Milam arrived at Moses Wright’s home and abducted Emmett Till They took him to a barn where they, along with several accomplices, tortured him and ultimately murdered him
The Murder of Emmett Till | Articles and Essays | Civil . . . The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant
Emmett Till Project Emmett Till Project is a digital platform commemorating the legacy of Emmett Louis Till Emmett Till's murder broke many silences and aversions to the truth about the systematic reality of violence and oppression that was bred throughout the Jim Crow South
Emmett Till Memory Project Each historical location on the map includes expert-vetted narratives, access to relevant archival documents, and a collection of historic and contemporary photographs The ETMP teaches users what happened at each site in 1955 and the sites have been commemorated since 1955
Emmett Tills coffin at risk in Smithsonian, says author . . . Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story