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September 2, 1955
Emmett Till's Body Recovered
The body of 14-year-old Emmett Till was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
August 28, 1955
Emmett Till Murdered
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman.
September 6, 1955
Mamie Till-Mobley Holds Open Casket Funeral
Mamie Till-Mobley held an open-casket funeral for her son Emmett Till, exposing the brutality of racial violence to the nation.
September 23, 1955
Emmett Till's Murderers Acquitted
An all-white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of the murder of Emmett Till after deliberating for just 67 minutes.
May 25, 1941
Emmett Till Born
Emmett Louis Till, whose murder would galvanize the civil rights movement, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
June 14, 2022
Emmett Till Justice Act Signed
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime.