Fourteen-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till had little knowledge about the ways of the South. Consequently, when he spoke to a white female grocery clerk in Mississippi, Emmett Till was unable to see that this act had put his life in serious jeopa

Fourteen-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till had little knowledge about the ways of the South. Consequently, when he spoke to a white female grocery clerk in Mississippi, he was unable to see that this act had put his life in serious jeopardy. A fe

After talking to a white woman in a local grocery store, fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered a few days later. The death of Till was so shocking that it helped spark the civil rights movement.

Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Bradley.

Street rally in protest of the murder of Emmett Till.

The Murder of Emmett Till

The Murder of Emmett Till Reopened

The Murder of Emmett Till

This timeline provides a look at the details surrounding the murder of Emmett Till and the murder trial afterward.

Timeline of the Murder of Emmett Till