Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American youth, who 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 (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi) was an African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class parents on the South Side of Chicago.

Jan 31, 2025 · On August 24, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till reportedly flirted with a white cashier in Money, Mississippi. Four days later, two white men tortured and murdered Till.

Dec 2, 2009 · 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. A Chicago native,...

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.

It is based on the true story of Mamie Till, an educator and activist who pursued justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett in August 1955. The film stars Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie and Jalyn Hall as Emmett.

Willie Louis (born Willie Reed; June 14, 1937 – July 18, 2013) was a witness to the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. [1] . Till was an African-American child from Chicago who was murdered in 1955 after he had reportedly whistled at a white woman in a Money, Mississippi, grocery store.

Dec 29, 2024 · Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who became a symbol of racial injustice in America after his brutal murder in 1955. Born in Chicago, Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives during the summer.

Apr 25, 2022 · On August 28, 1955, a 14-year-old African American boy was abducted from a relative's home and tortured and killed by white men. His gruesome death was one of the cases that sparked the civil rights movement in Mississippi. Emmett Louis Till was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941, to Louis and Mamie Till.

Feb 12, 2025 · Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was kidnapped, tortured and lynched for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi by a white mob.