https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh en-us 2018-04-09 18:02:04 UTC 2025-11-24 16:27:35 UTC hello@padlet.com hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249970025 Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago. Emmett and his family lived in a middle-class black neighborhood. In 1955, when Emmett was 14 years old, he went to visit relatives in Money, Mississippi. Visiting his relatives would end up costing him his life. https://www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515]]> 2018-04-09 18:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249970025 esmith1606 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249970108 Leaders helped spread the news about what happened, and that helped spark the movement for civil rights for African Americans.]]> 2018-04-09 18:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249970108 esmith1606 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249971883 It was clear that two white guys had brutally murdered Emmett. However, in the trial there was a jury of all white men and they found the two not guilty of the crime. This made people join the cry for justice and equal rights.
http://famous-trials.com/emmetttill/1755-home]]> 2018-04-09 18:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249971883 hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249974669 Emmett Till was the 14 year old boy who was killed for whistling at a white woman.
https://www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515 ]]> 2018-04-09 18:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249974669 esmith1606 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249975421 It lead Rosa Parks to refuse an order to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
Medgar Evans and an NAACP field officer in Mississippi urged the NAACP to get involved.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-impact-emmett-tills-murder/]]> 2018-04-09 18:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249975421 hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249975822 These are the two men from Mississippi that killed Emmett Till. One of the men was the woman who Emmett whistled at's husband, the other being one of the husbands friends.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emmett-till-murderers-make-magazine-confession]]> 2018-04-09 18:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249975822 hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249978546 Mamie Till was Emmett Till's mother. She made Emmett's death known to the world.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emmett-till-murder-mamie-mobley-america-civil-rights-movement-smithsonian-museum/]]> 2018-04-09 18:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249978546 hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249983027 https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/04dff94d-6714-4080-b55d-e77a2c8d005f/]]> 2018-04-09 18:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249983027 esmith1606 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249983280 It is trying to show how it would make the African American community worried to do every day things because people were getting away with things like what happened to Emmett Till.
https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=c_limit,dpr_1,h_629,w_1366&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afrobella.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2F544164441_thumb.jpg]]> 2018-04-09 18:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249983280 esmith1606 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249986257 The 6th amendment was violated because there was not a fair trial.]]> 2018-04-09 18:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/249986257 hsaund2124 https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/250431328 While visiting his family in Money, Mississippi, Emmett was murdered. Emmett and a couple of his friends went to the grocery store. While there, he was accused of whistling. Her husband, Roy Bryant and his half brother, J.W. Milam murdered Emmett for this accusation. They took him from his home, beat him, shot him, and then threw him in the river. His body was discovered days later. The two were never convicted.
https://www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515]]> 2018-04-10 18:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hsaund2124/6f8hwmao1xbh/wish/250431328