Emmett Till case

The Emmett Till case involves the 1955 abduction and murder of a 14-year-old African American boy in Mississippi. After allegedly whistling at a white woman, Till was kidnapped by two white men, who brutally killed him. His body was found in a river, and his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral to show the brutality of racism. The trial of the accused men ended in acquittal, highlighting racial injustice. Till's death became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, symbolizing the extreme violence and discrimination faced by African Americans in the United States.