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Murder Of Emmett Till Essay

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The murder of Emmett Till was a day that no one will ever forget it was the most horrific murder of all time. July 25, 1941 Emmett Louis Till was born Emmett was raised in a nice middle class neighborhood in the southside of Chicago, Illinois being raised by a single mother after his father Louis Till was hung in the army after being accused of rape and a killing. Emmett Till attended Mccosh Elementary school and was one of the first African American kid to get honor roll.July 25, 1946 Emmett aka “Bobo” was diagnosed with Polio at the age of five but Emmett managed to have a full recovery by the age of eight. August 1955 Emmett’s uncle Moses Wright from Money, Mississippi came to visit his sister Mamie Till and Emmett, Moses and Emmett …show more content…

This is when the tragedy of Emmett Till happened, when Emmett and the guys were in the store they all went ahead of Emmett to buy their things and they left the store. Emmett went to the cash register to buy his items Emmett was talking to the cashier Carolyn Bryant as Emmett was leaving Carolyn said that he wolf whistled at her Carolyn told her husband Roy Bryant that Emmett was flirting, and touched her hand. August 28 Roy Bryant and his god brother J.W. Milam went to Moses Wright house to kidnap Emmett after they took him Roy and J.W. beat Emmett half to death they hung him, shot him in the head, they tied him up with barbed wire and they threw him in the Tallahatchie River. Moses Wright reported a file 3 days after that Emmett was missing the Mississippi cops went on a search for Emmett they found him in the river really beat up and shot they called Mamie to tell her that her son was beat up really bad and killed. September 3, 1955 Mamie had a open casket funeral for Emmett to show the world what they had did to her son and how bad they beat him and the whole world saw what they had done to her son. September 6, 1955 Emmett body was buried at Burr Oak Cemetery in Illinois, September 19, 1955 Roy Bryant and T.W. Milam were taken to court and both were not punished for what they had did to Emmett

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