5 Paragraph Essay: The Murder Of Emmett Louis Till

The Murder of Emmett Louis Till On June 25, 1941, Emmett Louis Till was born, to Louis and Mamie Till. Emmett was the only child to Mamie and Louis Till. Emmett does not remember his father. Emmett’s dad is a private in the Army during World War II. Emmet’s parents get divorced in 1942. Three years later the family received news that he was executed while serving in Italy. Louis Till was executed to do willful misconduct ("Emmett Till."). While growing up in Chicago, Illinois Emmett’s nickname was Bobo. He went to an all-black school McCosh Grammar School for an education. He lived in a thriving, black neighborhood on the south side. Since Mamie Till was a hard working mother and often had twelve hour shifts. Emmett

His great uncle was planning to take, Emmett’s cousin back to Mississippi to visit family down south. When Emmett found out about these plans, he wanted to go with them back to Mississippi. His mother did not want him to go to Mississippi. She wanted to go to Nebraska on a road trip. Emmett only fourteen at the time wanted to go visit family in Mississippi. He begged his mom to let him go, finally she said ok. August 20, 1955 he left for Mississippi. Mamie drove her only son to the train station that day and gave him a kiss goodbye, not knowing that would be the last day she would ever see her son again ("Emmett

At 2 am that morning they found him at his uncle’s cabin. “Entering the cabin with flashlights and Colt 45 pistols, they carried Emmett away.” (Beauchamp) The night he was taken his cousin, Simeon Wright was in the same bed with him. His body was later found the next day by a seventeen year old boy named Floyd Hodges. Emmett had gotten shot in head above the right ear. He was beaten and then submerged in the Tallahatchie River. His killer or killers tied a cotton gin fan to his neck to keep him submerged in the water (Larsson). For the funeral the mother of Emmett wanted an open casket, so the world could see what had happen to her little boy. The sheriff from Mississippi strongly disagreed with having an open casket. Emmett’s mom fought the state authority to have her sons body shipped back to Chicago. Mississippi did not what an open casket, because it placed the state and the Jim Crow system of segregation on public display for the world to see (Kinnon). Eventually his body was shipped back to Chicago, to have an open casket funeral. Many people came to the funeral to see what had