Who was Emmett Till and what happened to him in 1955?
Adriana Diaz, SEO reporter
Updated: Apr 21 2021, 14:17 ET
THE murder of Emmett Till shocked the country and helped fan the flames of the country s national reckoning with Jim Crow.
His story is still taught in classrooms today and referenced by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Who was Emmett Till and what happened to him in 1955?
On August 28, 1955 Till was brutally murdered by a group of white men for allegedly hitting on a white woman.
Till was an African-American teenager from the south side of Chicago, Illinois.
The 14-year-old was visiting family in Money, Mississippi when he was murdered.
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Calls for justice continue one year after Breonna Taylorâs death
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Since her death, Taylorâs name has become synonymous with the fight against police brutality and discrimination against Black Americans, along with a lengthy list of others who similarly lost their lives in the name of racial violence.
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