Emmett Till
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Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy whose brutal 1955 lynching in Mississippi became a catalyst for the modern U.S. civil rights movement.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights movement figure
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human ⓘ victim of lynching ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 14 ⓘ |
| allegedIncidentPrecedingLynching | accusation of offending Carolyn Bryant in a grocery store ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bobo Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLegalDevelopment | renewed federal investigations into civil rights–era cold cases GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyDiscoveredIn | Tallahatchie River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
homicide
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lynching ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-07-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-08-28 ⓘ |
| education | student at McCosh Elementary School (Chicago) ⓘ |
| era | Jim Crow era in the United States ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Louis Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Emmett Louis Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Emmett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleInHistory | symbol of the brutality of Jim Crow–era racism in the United States ⓘ |
| impact |
catalyst for the modern U.S. civil rights movement
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galvanized national and international attention to racial violence in the U.S. South ⓘ |
| locationOfLynching | near Money, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | violent death ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Emmett Till Interpretive Center
NERFINISHED
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Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ historical markers in Mississippi ⓘ |
| mother | Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | murder of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| notableFor | his 1955 lynching and its impact on the U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
J. W. Milam
NERFINISHED
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Roy Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Money, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Jet magazine open-casket funeral photographs
NERFINISHED
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book "Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America" NERFINISHED ⓘ documentary film "The Murder of Emmett Till" NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous articles and books on U.S. civil rights history ⓘ |
| trialOutcome | acquittal of the defendants by an all-white jury ⓘ |
| trialRelatedToDeath | State of Mississippi v. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimOf |
racially motivated violence
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white supremacist violence ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
subject surface form:
Mamie Till-Mobley