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Emmett Till
Status
Unsolved
Type
Homicide
Date
August 28, 1955
Location
Money, Mississippi
Victim Age
14
Gender
Male
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His killers Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted by an all-white jury in September 1955. They later confessed to the murder in a magazine interview, immune from prosecution. The case became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
August 24, 1955, Bryant's Grocery Store, Money, MS
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