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Emmett Till was born in Chicago, Illinois to an amazing black women, Mamie Till, who was very smart and extraordinary. His father died and war and he never knew him.

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Emmett was like any other black boy, funny and optimistic. He grew up in a thriving black neighborhood. At age 5 he was diagnosed with polio but eventually made a full recovery.

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Emmett's uncle comes into town from Mississippi. Emmett begs his mom to let him come along back to Mississippi. Mamie begrudgingly let him go.

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A day before he leaves, Mamie gives him his fathers ring. The letters L.T. are engraved in it.

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Emmett leaves with his cousins and uncle to Mississippi. It was the last time him and his mother saw on another.

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Emmett and a group of teenagers walked into a grocery store to but some snack, like boys do. Even though no one really knows what happened in that store, he was accused of whistling and flirting at a white women(the owners wife).

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In the middle of the night, the women's husband along with his brother kidnap Emmett from his uncle's home. They beat him, dragged him to the bank of the Tallahatchie River, shot him in his head, tied him up with barbed wire to a fan as an anchor, and finally throw him in to river.

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Emmett Till was reported missing and found on this day. His body and face were beaten therefore unrecognizable. He was only able to be identified by the ring his mother had given him.

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Emmett's funeral was held in Roberts Temple Chruch of God. Mamie has an open casket funeral. "Let the world see what has happened, because there is no way I could describe this. And I needed somebody to help me tell what it was like." Many people showed up to his funeral.

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Bryant and his brother were tried and were let off the hook. Over 50 years later in 2007 the two brothers admitted to the crime and were arrested. The same white women who accused Emmett also confessed that he never tried to do anything to her.