Emmett Louis Till, 14
Money, Mississippi
August 28, 1955
Agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: over 5 years ago
Overview 
Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old boy on vacation from Chicago, reportedly flirted with a white woman in a store. Three nights later, two men took Till from his bed, beat him, shot him and dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River. An all-white jury found the men innocent of murder.
Legal Action
May 2017 Department of Justice may reopen the case
Community and Family Efforts
Emmett Till Interpretive Centre
April 2017 Protests over artwork
June 2017 Historical marker destroyed by vandals
Additional Resources:
- https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2018/08/25/emmett-till-questions-answers/1097878002/ added August 28, 2018 13:00
- http://www.theroot.com/emmett-till-historical-marker-in-mississippi-destroyed-1796440470?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow added June 27, 2017 03:18
- https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/04/26/emmett-till-lynching-shook-conscience-world added May 07, 2017 03:40
- http://www.eurweb.com/2017/04/doj-may-reopen-investigation-into-murder-of-emmett-till/# added May 07, 2017 03:39
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/02/emmett-till-painting-reopened-america-wounds-race-exploitation-dana-schutz?CMP=fb_us added April 03, 2017 12:11
- http://www.wcvb.com/article/a-look-inside-the-emmett-till-interpretative-center/8949742 added February 19, 2017 08:55
- http://www.theroot.com/woman-who-caused-emmett-tills-death-admits-to-lying-1791698393?rev=1485533941431/?utm_source=facebook&utm_content=buffer41b52&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer added January 27, 2017 17:49
- https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/posts/1283129311725984 added January 27, 2017 15:26
- http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/journeytojustice/2016/08/29/new-emmett-till-bill-would-open-files/89545594/ added August 30, 2016 10:25
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/emmett-till added May 09, 2016 04:14
- http://www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515 added May 09, 2016 04:12
- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till added May 09, 2016 04:11
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till added May 09, 2016 04:10
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwTi__hzR4 added May 09, 2016 04:08
- https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs added March 26, 2016 01:29