The Crimes: The Murder Of Emmett Till

Several days after 14 year old Emmett Till walked into a convenience store and supposedly harassed a white woman, his body was being fished out of the tallahatchie river. This young boy was brutally slain and was eventually held accountable in trial, while his white murderers walked away. In a time of immense racism these kinds of crimes were seen often, but not to this extent.

Till, a Chicago native begged his mother to let him go down to Money to visit his family, knowing full well he was a northern teen that knew nothing about the ways of the south, she hesitantly let him go. Till was raised in a thriving middle class area, and grew up in a very privileged area, so it was quite a change when he arrived in mississippi.

Three days after