The Murder of Emmett Till

Emmett Louis Till, was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States.<br />#blackhistory #civilrights #emmettill<br /><br />Audio <br />Onemichistory.com<br /><br /> Please support our Patreon:<br /> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914" rel="noopener">https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914</a><br /><br />Buy me a Coffee<br /><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m" rel="noopener">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2m</a><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Till" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Till</a><br /><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/" rel="noopener">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-mamie-till-mobley/</a><br /><a href="https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/cold-war-beginnings/mamie-till-mobley/" rel="noopener">https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/cold-war-beginnings/mamie-till-mobley/</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till</a><br /><a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till" rel="noopener">https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till</a>