Emmett Till Research Paper

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Emmett Till’s death inspired many black people around the world. Emmett Louis Till was born to Louis and Mamie Till on July 25, 1941, in Chicago. Louis Till was in the army, and he was accused of raping two women and killing another in Italy, in World War II. Louis was executed in 1945 at the age of twenty-three, when Emmett was five years old. Emmett went to visit his great-uncle and cousins in Money, Mississippi. On the evening of August 24th, right after Emmett and his cousins got done picking cotton, he and his cousins went to Bryant Grocery and Meat Market. Carolyn Bryant was working alone the day Emmett came into her store to buy gum. Carolyn claimed that Emmett whistled and grabbed her. She then stormed out of her car to grab her pistol. Carolyn …show more content…

Milam murdered fourteen-year-old Emmett Till (“The Emmett Till Murder Trial: An Account” int). Four months after Emmett died, Rosa Parks claims she refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955, because she was thinking of Emmett Till (“The Emmett Till Trial” int). In a 2007 interview, Carolyn Bryant Donham admitted lying about Emmett sexually harassing her. She told Timothy Tyson, “Nothing that boy did could justify what happened to him.” She also admitted she felt “Tender Sorrow” for Mamie. In 2018, the Justice Department reopened Emmett Till’s case. It is unknown if the government will bring new charges. In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act” into law, making lynching a federal hate crime. A year later, Carolyn Bryant Donham died in 2023 (“Emmett Till”

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