https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui Emmett Till en-us 2020-05-13 15:19:59 UTC 2025-11-01 20:30:56 UTC hello@padlet.com regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570401371 Emmett Till was an African American boy who was murdered at the age of 14. He was falsely accused of flirting with a white woman in her family's grocery store. Her husband and his brother abducted Till and killed him. This was one of the biggest events in the Civil Rights Movement.]]> 2020-05-13 15:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570401371 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570409117 Carolyn Bryant was the woman who falsely accused Till of inappropriate behavior. The two men to her left are her husband and brother in law who killed Till days later.]]> 2020-05-13 15:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570409117 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570416002 2020-05-13 15:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570416002 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570420413 2020-05-13 15:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570420413 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570422131 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till
https://robrogers.com/tag/emmett-till/
https://www.wisn.com/article/this-day-in-history-14-year-old-emmett-till-murdered-in-1955/28843278
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/till-timeline/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/emmett-tills-death-inspired-movement

]]> 2020-05-13 15:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570422131 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570425568 The Emmett Till case was extremely important to the movement and is still quoted today because both of Till's murderers were acquitted and Till's family never got justice.]]> 2020-05-13 15:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570425568 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570432360 August 24, 1955: Emmett Till whistles at Carolyn Bryant
August 28, 1955: Carolyn Bryant's husband and brother-in-law kidnap Till, shoot him, and leave his body in the river
August 29, 1955: The two men are arrested on kidnapping charges
August 31, 1955: Emmett's body is found
September 3, 1955: Emmett's mother holds and open casket funeral so everybody could "see what they did to him"
September 23, 1955: The two men are acquitted]]> 2020-05-13 15:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570432360 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570522587 100 days after Till's murder, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
MLK Jr. gave a speech about the injustice in Emmett's trial.
8 years after Emmett's murder, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech on the anniversary of his death.]]> 2020-05-13 16:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570522587 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570530817 MLK Jr. mentioned Emmett several times during his time as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. His strategy was to participate in peaceful protests and marches.]]> 2020-05-13 16:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/570530817 regela3807 https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/574089538 2020-05-15 01:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/regela3807/iu5dbc89g0f1vdui/wish/574089538