Emmett Till | Death, Mother, Grave, & Facts | Britannica

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Emmett Till, in full Emmett Louis Till, (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi), African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class …

Emmett Till: Body, Death, Funeral & Face - HISTORY

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Emmett Till (article) | Khan Academy

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In the summer of 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till went to visit his great-uncle and cousins in the small town of Money, Mississippi. Till was an African American teenager who had grown up in Chicago, a fun-loving …

Emmett Till - Wikipedia

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Emmett Till — FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Emmett Till 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 …

How Did the World Learn About Emmett Till’s Murder?

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The story of Emmett Till, as told through the images published in JET and other Black-owned media, shocked the entire nation. The image of his body set in motion a movement for civil rights that would forever change the …

Emmett Till Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements

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Emmett Till was an African-American teenager who was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. His death, which took place at the time when racial hatred and crimes against blacks were mounting, …

Emmett Till’s Casket Goes to the Smithsonian

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In 1955, Emmett Till—a 14-year-old African-American visiting Mississippi from Chicago—was murdered after whistling at a white woman. His mother insisted that her son be displayed in a glass ...

The Photo That Changed America's Civil Rights …

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In August 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he stopped at Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market.

Emmett Till Is Murdered - HISTORY

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Who Was Emmett Till? Till grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, and though he had attended a segregated elementary school, he was not prepared for the level of...