aug 28, 1955 - Murder of Emmett Till

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The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till brought Mississippi's racial injustice and brutality to the attention of the entire country. Till travelled to the Bryant store with his cousins while visiting family in Mississippi, and it's possible that he whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Till was abducted, brutally murdered, and then his body was dumped in the Tallahatchie River by her husband Roy Bryant and her brother-in-law J.W. Milam. Young African Americans were inspired to join the Civil Rights Movement by the press coverage and murder trial because they were afraid that something similar would happen to their friends, family, or even themselves. The Civil Rights History Project's interviewees recall this case's profound impact on their lives.

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