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Emmett Till, a 14-year old African American boy, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement.
A Chicago native, Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, when he was accused of harassing a local white woman
In August 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he stopped at Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market.
There he encountered Carolyn Bryant, a white woman.
Whether Till really flirted with Bryant or whistled at her isn't known.
Four days later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till, beat him and shot him in the head
Milam were armed when they went to Till's great-uncle's house and abducted the boy.
They took him away and beat and mutilated him before shooting him in the head and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River.
Three days later, Till's body was discovered and retrieved from the river.
His funeral was on September 6, 1955