Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till. He never knew his father a soldier who died during World War II. Emmett Till Emmett Till Black History Facts African American History In the summer of 1955 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till had gone on vacation from Chicago to visit family in Money Mississippi. . The Murder of Emmett Till The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi. The 14-year-old boy was wrongfully accused of offending Carolyn Bryant as she worked in her familys grocery store. His death became a flashpoint of the civil rights era after his mother demanded an open casket funeral. 4 hours agoThe law is named in honor of 14-year-old Emmett Till the victim of one of the most heinous lynching cases in US. When Emmett was four he and his mother got word that his father a soldier stationed in Italy during World War II had been executed b...