Emmett Till traveled to Mississippi in August 1955 to visit relatives, specifically to stay with his great-uncle, Mose Wright. His trip was part of a summer visit to the region, as he was from Chicago. Unfortunately, during his stay, he was brutally murdered after allegedly offending a white woman, an event that sparked national outrage and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till went to Mississippi to visit his family.
He was to stay with his Mississippi relatives on his two-week summer vacation.
Money, Mississippi
money, mississippi. by the tallahatchi river
Emmett Till was an African American from Chicago who was killed by whites in Mississippi after he said "hey" to a white woman.
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi.
Emmett Till went to Mississippi to visit his family.
Emmett Till died in Money, Mississippi.
Emmett Till was killed on August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi.
Emmett Till was killed in Money, Mississippi
Emmett Till was murdered at a barn at the Clint Shurden Plantation in Drew, Mississippi.
According to his murderers, near Boyle, Mississippi.
Emmett Till was 14 years old at the time of his death.
Emmett Till went to visit his grandpa in Mississippi,(which is the place he died in) but he originally lived in Chicago.
He was to stay with his Mississippi relatives on his two-week summer vacation.
Money, Mississippi
Emmett Till was shot once in the head before being thrown into a river in Mississippi in 1955.