Till, a 14-year-old Chicago resident, was murdered by white supremacists 66 years ago while visiting his great aunt and uncle in the rural Mississippi Delta.
Activists, celebrities and politicians took to social media Sunday to honor the 80th birthday of Emmett Till, a Black teenager whose murder at the hands of white supremacists in 1955 helped galvanize the civil rights movement.while visiting his great aunt and uncle in the rural Mississippi Delta.
Four nights later, two white men—Bryan't husband and brother-in-law—came to the home where Till was staying. Both armed, the two men dragged Till away at gunpoint and proceeded to torture and mutilate him for several hours. Donham later admitted to lying about Till's behavior, but the murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury in the fall of 1955. The case became a focal point for civil rights activists when Till's mother, Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley, revealed his mutilated body in an open casket funeral attended by more than 100,00 people, including reporters.
"Emmett Till would have turned 80 today. His life was cut short by white supremacists when he was just 14 years old. Today violence against Black lives remains a national emergency that we must confront by changing our laws—including passing our Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act," Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker tweeted.
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