THREAD
#OTD Aug 28, 1955: 14yr old Chicago teen #EmmettTill is kidnapped from his grandfather’s home in Money, MS. 4 days later he’s found murdered. 2 whites would be acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Till’s murder would spark the
#CiviRightsMovement.
Pt.1
#History

#OTD Aug 28, 1955: 14yr old Chicago teen #EmmettTill is kidnapped from his grandfather’s home in Money, MS.
Till’s uncle, Mose Wright, testified against them. He was a very brave man.
Pt.2
#History #NeverForget
#CiviRightsMovement

#OTD Aug 28, 1955: 14yr old Chicago teen #EmmettTill is kidnapped from his grandfather’s home in Money, MS. 4 days later he would be found murdered.
Till’s mother, Mamie Till Bradley, insisted on an open casket so the world could see her son’s face.
Pt.3
#History #NeverForget

You know it’s in the virus, it’s in the blood of the Mississippian, he can’t help it.”
Roy Wilkins, Executive Director, NAACP on Emmett Till’s murder.

#OTD Aug 28, 1955: 14yr old teen #EmmettTill is kidnapped from his grandfather’s home & murdered.
Pt.4
#History