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This site is dedicated to the memory of Emmett Louis Till, and seeks to educate people about his murder and the miscarriage of justice that followed.
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www.emmetttillmurder.com/
www.emmetttillmurder.com/
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Land of the Till Murder ... This article was written by a reporter for Ebony magazine who covered the Emmett Till murder trial. It is significant in portraying the state of race relations in the Mississippi Delta at the time. It appeared in Ebony (April 1956): 91–96. Each section is divided and numbered with the...
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www.emmetttillmurder.com/Ebony%201956.htm
www.emmetttillmurder.com/Ebony%201956.htm
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The Murder of Emmett Till: Emmett Till's brutal murder in 1955 mobilized the civil rights movement. ... Forum: Experts answer your questions about civil rights and Emmett Till's story.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
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The Jackson [Mississippi] Daily News decries the "brutal, senseless crime" but complains that the NAACP is working "to arouse hatred and fear" by calling Till's murder a lynching.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/timeline/timeline2.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/timeline/timeline2.html
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The US Department of Justice re-opened the Emmett Till murder investigation as recent information indicates more people may have been involved than Milam and Bryant. Recent research indicates some of these additional people may still be alive.
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www.bluejeansplace.com/EmmettTillMurderSite.html
www.bluejeansplace.com/EmmettTillMurderSite.html
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of Emmett Till ... Roy Bryant, whose wife Carolyn was the white woman at the store, and his half brother, J.W. Milam, were tried for Emmett's murder and acquitted by a jury of 12 white men.
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www.heroism.org/class/1950/heroes/till.htm
www.heroism.org/class/1950/heroes/till.htm
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Learn more about the murder of Emmett Till; Soundprint Media Center's documentary "The Murder of Emmett Till"; (STREAMING, REAL AUDIO 2.0 or REAL AUDIO 1.0) ... In her autobiography, Anne Moody remembers some of the reactions (by Blacks and by white Southerners) following the Till murder:
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www.bobdylanroots.com/till.html
www.bobdylanroots.com/till.html
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The murder of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all." [20] Blacks, in the North as well as in the South, would not easily forget the murder of Emmett Till...
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www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emm...
www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html
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Fourteen-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till had little knowledge about the ways of the South. Consequently, when he spoke to a white female grocery clerk in Mississippi, Emmett Till was unable to see that this act had put his life in serious jeopardy. ... The Murder of Emmett Till: PBS Timeline Confessions of Emmett Till...
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afroamhistory.about.com/od/emmetttill/a/emmetttill.htm
afroamhistory.about.com/od/emmetttill/a/emmetttill.htm
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