Emmett Till by Grace

The Murder

004690 — 2015-09-23 14:09:43 UTC

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American from Chicago. During the summer of 1955, Emmett travelled south to Money, Mississippi in order to visit his family. Despite attending a segregated school, Emmett was not ready for the levels of segreagtion he encountered within the South.

004690 — 2015-09-23 14:25:03 UTC

On the 24th August Emmett bragged that his white girlfriend back home. His friends disbelieving him, dared Emmett to ask the white woman sitting behind the store counter for a date.He went in, bought some candy, and on the way out was heard saying, “Bye, baby” to the woman.

004690 — 2015-09-23 14:28:09 UTC

When the woman's husband found out about how Emmett had spoken to his wife, he he went to the home of Emmett's great uncle with his brother-in-law J.W. Milam. In the early morning hours of August 28, they demanded to see Emmett and despite objection from his Uncle, Emmett was forced into their car by the two men. After driving around and beating Till, they drove him down to the Tallahatchie River where his body was attached to a cotton gin by barbed wire. His body was then left and found three days later, yet his disfigured corspe meant Emmett could only be indentified by a ring with his initals on it.