Who was emmett till?
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy from chicago when he was visiting his relatives in mississippi when he was wrongly accused of flirting with a white woman. Emmett was then kidnapped from the woman's husband and store owner when they came back from a business trip. They took Emmett from his great uncle's house and torture him. His body was found in the tallahatchie river three days later.
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How was Emmett murdered?
The men went to Emmett's great uncle house where they kidnapped him at gunpoint. They then beat him severely and gouged out one of his eyeballs. They took Emmett to the banks of the tallahatchie river where they put a single gunshot in his head ending his life on August 28th, 1955. |
How was he found?
Three days following Emmett's murder, on August 31st, 1955 Emmett Louis Till was found in the tallahatchie river. He was found tied to a large metal fan using barbed wire.
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What were his mother's wishes?
Till's remains were sent back to chicago to his family. Upon Ms. Till's request Emmett's casket had been left open at the funeral to let the world see how those two men had mutilated him.
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What has happened to his case since?
In 2017, Carolyn Donham admitted that she made up the claims of Emmett flirting and harassing her.
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