The story of 14-year-old Emmett Till was a tragic story. Emmett lived in the world of whites against “colored” people. He grew up in Chicago with his mother, and later decided he wanted to go to Mississippi. Chicago was highly populated with colored people, while Mississippi was more of a very segregated state. The colored people were ordered to spend half of their days picking cotton out in the fields. The warm temperatures often caused thirst, so Emmett and the guys he was with, went to the store to get some refreshments. When Emmett came back out, he looked back the white lady and whistled. She quickly followed him out the store to her vehicle; scaring the colored guys and causing them to hurry back to the field. As a couple days passed
