Emmet Louis Till
25/06/2020
Emmet till was a 14-year-old African American who was murder in Mississippi in 1955, After being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.
When he was born:
25 July 1941
Where he was born:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
When he died:
28 August 1955
Where he died:
Money Mississippi United States
Full name:
Emmet Louis Till
When and Where he was buried:
6 September 1955
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States
What school he went to:
Mccosh Elementary School
Parents:
Mum ~ Mamie Till
Dad ~ Louis Till
Cause of death:
Lynching
What really happened and how they killed Emmet Till:
Emmet till was visiting relatives in Mississippi in lass when he was accused of whistling at a white Carolyn Bryant. Four days later Roy (Carylons Husband) and his half brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Emmet and beat him up, forced him to remove his clothes, tied barb wire to him, tied a heavy fan to his neck and rolled his body into the river. Then 3 days later 2 young boys found his body in the river. For his funeral, his mother did an open casket funeral. She also photographed his body and put it in the paper and sent it out to all of America to see. Then people said something needs to be done so people started to protest and then that escalated and white people stared abusing the blacks. The 2 young boys who found Emmet Till were fishing in the Tallahatchie River. Which is when they came across Emmet’s body floating down the river.
