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Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago IL,  and was killed at the age of 14, August 28, 1955 in Money Mississippi. Till's mom said he was a respectable, responsible, and funny young man.

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Till's uncle had come to Chicago and tried to persuade his sister to let Emmett come down to Mississippi and see his cousins. His mother finally said yes but she never saw what was coming.

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August 24, 1955, Till wanted bubble gum so he went to a grocery store. Carolyn Bryant, the white cashier, accused Till of sexually harassing her by whistling at her. She told her husband who would do something about it.

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the morning of the 28th of august, till was kidnapped by J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, the cashiers husband; till was beaten, then dragged to a river bank, shot in the head and then the killers tied barbed wire and a fan to him then let him sink.

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J.W. Milam, Milam's wife, Carol, and Roy Bryant. The two men in the picture say that their initial intentions were to just spook the child and scare some sense into them but they were unsuccessful so they killed him.

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Although a black man (Moses Wright) identified the killers, J.W Milam and Rob Bryant were tried for the murder of the 14 year old but were found not guilty in 67 minutes in an all white jury.

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After the trial was over, the two killers sold the story of killing Emmett Till to Look magizine. Milam and Bryant couldn't get in trouble again because of double jeopardy laws.

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Till influenced the start of the movement

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Till influenced the start of the movement

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Rosa Parks is thought to be the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement; according to Jessie Jackson, Rosa said "[I] thought about going to the back of the bus. But then [I] thought about Emmett Till and couldn’t do it." Therefore Emmett was the bigest influence to the start of the movement.

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Eventually in 2007, a writer interviewed Carolyn Bryant. She then confessed that she lied about the accusations of the sexual harassment. She says "Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him".

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Mamie Till, his mother asked for an open casket because she wanted people to understand the extent of the struggle that black people had to deal with. The hatred ended some lives and she wanted the severity of the prejudice to go public to know the struggle of negros.

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“Emmett Till.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515.

Webster, Emma Sarran. “How Emmett Till's Horrific Murder Became a Catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.” Teen Vogue, TeenVogue.com, 25 May 2017, www.teenvogue.com/story/emmett-till-murder-civil-rights-movement-explained.