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What Happened to Emmett Till’s Killers

What Happened to Emmett Till’s Killers. David Phillippe Alex Frisina. Early Life. Born July 25, 1941 in Chicago Born to Louis and Mamie Till Louis died in WWII Emmett “Bobo” Till All-Black middle class neighborhood All-Black Elementary School. Personality. Infectious Personality

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What Happened to Emmett Till’s Killers

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  1. What Happened to Emmett Till’s Killers David Phillippe Alex Frisina

  2. Early Life • Born July 25, 1941 in Chicago • Born to Louis and Mamie Till • Louis died in WWII • Emmett “Bobo” Till • All-Black middle class neighborhood • All-Black Elementary School

  3. Personality • Infectious Personality • Loved to tell jokes • Paid to hear jokes • Prankster • Loved to mess with people

  4. Mississippi Trip • August 1955 • Emmett and cousin Wheeler Parker went to Money, Mississippi • Great Uncle Moses Wright • Sharecropper and Minister

  5. Mississippi Trip • Mother told him to “mind his manners” • She knew the race relations were different in south • Lynching in the South • Took the law in their own hands

  6. The Event • Aug 24, 1955 • Candy and soda • Bryant’s Grocery • Roy and Carolyn Bryant • Just some Bubble Gum • “Bye Baby”

  7. The Murder • Aug 28 2:30am • J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant • A Brutal Murder • Charges? • Aug 31 • The Decomposed Body is found • Open Casket • Thousands wait to see

  8. The Trial • Kidnapping and Murder • Plea innocent • Moses Wright • Accuses Milam and Bryant of kidnapping Emmett • Sept. 23 • Acquitted on murder charges • 67 minutes • Outraged U.S. and Europe

  9. The Aftermath • Offered money to tell the story • Look Magazine • $4,000 each • Double Jeopardy • Had to make an example of him • Ostracized from white society and forced to move away • Milam died from cancer in 1980 • Bryant died from cancer in 1994

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