Emmett Till (1941–55) was a Black teenager whose murder in Mississippi catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement in the United States.
Emmett Till Murder Roy Bryant, the proprietor of the store and the woman’s husband, returned from a business trip a few days later and heard how Emmett had allegedly spoken to his wife. Enraged, he went to the home of Till’s great uncle, Mose Wright, with his half-brother J.W. Mi...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Seventy years after the racist murder of Chicago teen Emmett Till in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement, a new exhibit on Emmett Till at the Chicago History Museum explores in greater depth what happened after his lynching. The exhibit,"Injustice: The Trial for...
"Till" is the new film about the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till - a crime that helped spark the civil rights movement. The movie has opened to rave reviews, and got us thinking about the October 24, 2004 "60 Minutes" report on Emmett Till's death from our late colleague Ed...
The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never be solved.
Explore the facts surrounding the murder of Emmett Till. Learn what happened to Emmett Till including how his murder impacted the civil rights...
Emmett Till 1373 Words3 Pages Emmett Till (1941-1955) Background and Early Years: Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till was born on July 25, 1941 and was a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago who was brutally murdered in Money, Miss., a small town in the state's delta region. His murder has ...
While the men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till’s subsequent slaying, Donham, 21 at the time, was never taken into custody. The 14-year-old Chicago boy was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he and some other children went to the store in the town of...
Updated 3/12/07 Emmett Till The brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955 galvanized the fledgling civil rights movement like no other killing of a black by white racists before it.
Emmett Till Murder Case Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago. His parents were Mamie and Louis Till.When his father became abusive, his mother separated from him. She remarried twice and divorced once and they moved to Detroit where her father lived when Till was nine. When Emmett...