Emmet Till Murder

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.