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HELPFUL WEBSITES-
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hs_es_emmet_till.htm
http://cms.westport.k12.ct.us/cmslmc/Grade7/emmittillcase.htm
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html
EMMET TILL CASE!
The brutal murder of Emmet Till happened on August 28th, 1955.
Emmet Till was a 14 year old black boy from Chicago who had
come down to Mississippi to visit cousins. He didnt really understand
segregation (blacks and whites seperated). So one day he was
hanging out with a couple of friends. They went into a public
store and he bought candy. The store owners wife (a white woman)
was working. When he left he shouted back over his shoulder "bye baby!"
Roy Bryant (her husband) murdered him. He and his 1/2
brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Emmet Till in the middle of the night.
They beat him harshly, and he was alive so they made him suffer.
Then they shot him untill he was dead and threw him in a river.
A while later the body was found and Bryant and Milam were
charged for the murder. Emmets mother had the body shipped
to her and double checked to make sure it was her son. Then she
had an open body funeral so everyone could see what they
did to him.
http://mrmorrison.pbwiki.com/f/till_emmett.jpg
story by: Jeffery Moggle''
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