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A 14 year old boy is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally murdered on August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi. His murder became one of the most infamous and tragic cases in the history of the American civil rights movement. The events began when Till allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, in a grocery store. This minor incident escalated into a deadly act of racial violence when Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam ...Read More
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally murdered on August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi. His murder became one of the most infamous and tragic cases in the history of the American civil rights movement. The events began when Till allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, in a grocery store. This minor incident escalated into a deadly act of racial violence when Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam ...Read More
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Emmett Till
July 25, 2022
Male
African-American / Black
Money
MS
1955-08-28
1941-07-25
14
Emmett
Till
11/20/2025
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I've been reading more about Mamie Till-Mobley's decision to have an open-casket funeral for Emmett,... ...Read More
02/20/2024
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