Emmett Till - Wikipedia
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 | Death, Mother, Grave, & Facts | Britannica
3 天之前 · 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.
Emmett Till: Body, Death, Funeral & Face | HISTORY
2009年12月2日 · 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...
Emmett Till — FBI
In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till had gone on vacation from Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi. He was shopping at a store owned by Roy and Carolyn...
Emmett Till's Death Inspired a Movement | National Museum of …
The alleged youthful teasing of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till with white store clerk Carolyn Bryant, on August 28, 1955, led to his brutal murder at the hands of Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother, J.W. Till's death was the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till: Biography, Death, Movie & Funeral
2024年1月24日 · The brutal abduction and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955, galvanized the emerging civil rights movement.
The Murder of Emmett Till - Library of Congress
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.
Emmett Till is murdered | August 28, 1955 - HISTORY
On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four...
Honoring Emmett Till: 65 years after brutal murder that …
2020年8月28日 · Emmett Louis Till was a handsome 14-year-old with a wide grin who liked wearing a hat and enjoyed putting a smile on other people’s faces. The jovial teenager from the South Side of Chicago delighted in cooking. He helped his mother around the house. He loved sports and often cracked jokes, according to family members.
Emmett Till (U.S. National Park Service) - NPS
Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago, was kidnapped and lynched while visiting family on summer vacation in Mississippi in August 1955. His brutal death brought attention to pervasive racist violence and helped inspire the modern Civil Rights Movement.