Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American youth, who was 14 years old when he was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of …

Jul 25, 2025 · Emmett Till’s death shocked millions of people across America and was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, but many facts about his life and his murder remained unknown …

Nov 25, 2025 · Emmett Till was a 14-year-old Black teenager who was abducted, beaten, and lynched by two white men in 1955. His murder galvanized the emerging civil rights movement …

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.

The alleged teasing of white store clerk Carolyn Bryant by the 14 year-old African American Emmett Till led to his brutal murder at the hands of Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother, …

At 2 a.m. on Aug. 28, 1955, Carolyn Bryant’s husband Roy and his brother J.W. Milam arrived at Moses Wright’s home and abducted Emmett Till. They took him to a barn where they, along …

Emmett Louis Till was kidnapped, lynched and brutally murdered at age 14 on August 28, 1955. The acquittal of the murderers and his mother's decision to have an open casket funeral …

Learn about the life and legacy of Emmett Till. Learn how Mamie Till-Mobley inspired others to fight for justice and civil rights.

Till's story broke many silences and aversions to the truth about the systematic reality of violence and oppression that was bred throughout the Jim Crow South. The murder of Emmett Till is an …

Sep 26, 2024 · In August and September of 1955, a series of tragic events in rural Mississippi and Chicago’s South Side brought a 14-year-old African American boy’s lynching to national …