Emmett till was and African American teenager who was murdered in 1950 while visiting the south. He was born July 25,1941. When he was 14 years old he took a trip to Mississippi to spend the summer with his relatives.
He was not used to the racial violence in the south because he lived in the north and it was not like that where he was from. In the north you could use the same bathroom that white people used. It was very different from what he was used to seeing. When he arrived in Money, Mississippi he went to stay with his uncle Moses Wright.
While he was there he helped his uncle with the cotton harvest. One day him and a group of other teenagers went to the grocery store. While he was the store he saw a cashier that he liked, and when he was leaving he flirted with her.
Some of the witnesses said one of the boys dared him. Then it was stated till whistled and flirted with her while leaving the store. On August 28 the cashier’s husband roy bryant and roy's half brother forced their way into Emmet’s uncle’s house and took him at gunpoint . …show more content…
They shot him then they dumped his body into the river.
His uncle reported kidnapping to the police and his murderers were arrested the next day. On August 31 his body was recovered and the train that had his remains arrived back in Chicago on September 2.
At his funeral his mother kept his casket open. She wanted to show the racial violence in the south. His body in his casket appeared in jet magazine and his murder became a rally point of the civil rights movement.
All charges were dropped against till's murderers .
Some people told a reporter about emmett till story and soon the reporter would publish an article on his story. in 1956 the reporter publish an article in look magazine on his story
He was not used to the racial violence in the south because he lived in the north and it was not like that where he was from. In the north you could use the same bathroom that white people used. It was very different from what he was used to seeing. When he arrived in Money, Mississippi he went to stay with his uncle Moses Wright.
While he was there he helped his uncle with the cotton harvest. One day him and a group of other teenagers went to the grocery store. While he was the store he saw a cashier that he liked, and when he was leaving he flirted with her.
Some of the witnesses said one of the boys dared him. Then it was stated till whistled and flirted with her while leaving the store. On August 28 the cashier’s husband roy bryant and roy's half brother forced their way into Emmet’s uncle’s house and took him at gunpoint . …show more content…
They shot him then they dumped his body into the river.
His uncle reported kidnapping to the police and his murderers were arrested the next day. On August 31 his body was recovered and the train that had his remains arrived back in Chicago on September 2.
At his funeral his mother kept his casket open. She wanted to show the racial violence in the south. His body in his casket appeared in jet magazine and his murder became a rally point of the civil rights movement.
All charges were dropped against till's murderers .
Some people told a reporter about emmett till story and soon the reporter would publish an article on his story. in 1956 the reporter publish an article in look magazine on his story