Although you won’t find Emmett Louis Till’s name & story in the timeline of American History-- his lynching represents one of the most horrific inhumane injustices committed against an innocent young person in this country. #EmmettTill, a 14 year old child, was kidnapped, brutally on August 28, 1955 in Mississippi. The acquittal of the murderers and his mother's decision to have an open casket funeral, galvanized the emerging Civil Rights Movement. We invite you to read about Emmett's Childhood