Emmett was beaten, and his eyes were gouged out. He was shot in the head, chained to a cotton gin fan and then
thrown into the Tallahatchie River
.
What happened to Emmett Till as a result?
On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier.
How did they mutilate Emmett Till?
Milam kidnapped Till from Moses Wright's home. They then beat the teenager brutally, dragged him to the bank of the Tallahatchie River, shot him in the head, tied him with barbed wire
to a large metal fan and shoved his mutilated body into the water
.
What was the autopsy of Emmett Till?
That autopsy found that
Till died of a gunshot wound to the head
. His body had broken wrist bones and skull and femur fractures. According to a witness quoted in the report, when the body was found, “the crown of his head was just crushed out … and a piece of his skull just fell out.”
What did Emmett Till say to Carolyn Bryant?
During the murder trial, Bryant testified that Till grabbed her hand while she was stocking candy and said, “How about a date, baby?” She said that after she freed herself from his grasp, the young man followed her to the cash register, grabbed her waist and said, “
What's the matter baby, can't you take it?
” Bryant …
When was Carolyn Bryant born?
Before she claimed notoriety for accusing Emmett Till of sexual harassment, Carolyn Bryant Donham was born in
1934
, the daughter of a plantation manager and a nurse in Indianola, Mississippi.
Where did Emmett Till go on vacation?
In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till had gone on vacation from Chicago to visit family in
Money, Mississippi
.
Where is Emmett Till's body?
While the original coffin has moved to Washington, D. C., Till remains in
Burr Oak Cemetery
, where he was first buried in 1955. The headstone is small and relatively unadorned, the museum remains unbuilt, but the gravesite is peaceful and open to public viewing.
Why did they exhume Emmett Till body?
His body was found in a river three days later, a
cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire
. … Till's body was exhumed in 2005 as part of a new investigation into his death, as federal authorities sought to dispel long-standing rumors that the body was not Till's.
How old is Carolyn Bryant now?
(Carolyn is now
86
, and her family has kept her current whereabouts secret.)
Where did Emmett Till live in Chicago?
The home at
6247 S. St. Lawrence Ave
was built in 1895, CBS Chicago reports. Till and his mother lived there in 1955, the year that 14-year-old Till was lynched in Mississippi where he was visiting family.
What was Willie Reed's testimony?
Willie Reed (right)
testified against the men accused of murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955
. He changed his last name to Louis after fleeing to Chicago and hardly spoke of the trial.
