Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Emmett Till (July 25, 1941-August 28, 1955) was an African-American youth native to Chicago, Illinois whose brutal murder in Mississippi at the hands of two white men was one of the key events leading up the American Civil Rights Movement. External links American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till Early Civil Rights Struggles: The Murder of Emmett Till Crime Library: Mississippi Madness: The Story of Emmett Till This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.