“No one ever changed the world without first being labeled a ‘troublemaker’,” -unknown (McLeod). To many whites in the 1950’s to 1960’s a troublemaker was exactly how Emmett Till was viewed. During the Summer of 1955 a fourteen year old, young man from Chicago went down to Money, Mississippi to visit family, he would never return home breathing. A boy, not a man, being killed was an event parents had not yet seen. For African American parents Emmett’s death opened their eyes to the reality most did not want to face. The idea of whites taking anger out on children and the idea of children being involved during the Civil Rights Movement. It was not enough for just a few towns to see what had occurred. In order for Emmett’s death to have such…show more content… This was one rule Emmett had broken. On August 24, 1955 Emmett Till was on vacation visiting family in Money, Mississippi. Emmett and his cousins were standing outside of a store and Emmett was bragging about having a white girlfriend back home. His cousins not sure if they should believe him had Emmett go into the store and talk to the white women behind the counter (“The Death of Emmett Till”). The only witness in the store was a white female by the name of Carolyn Bryant. According to Carolyn Bryant in 1955 Emmett Till grabbed her made advances, and then wolf-whistle as he left (“The Death of Emmett Till”). Because of these claims by Carolyn Bryant her husband, Roy Bryant and his brother J.W. Milam, kidnapped, murdered, and dumped Till ("The Murder of Emmett Till - Civil Rights History…show more content… One month later Bryant and Milam were acquitted after the all white male jury deliberated for an hour (Kimble). The newspapers and coverage of Emmett Till's death and the trial of his killers caused a younger generation to join the Civil Rights Movement ("The Murder of Emmett Till - Civil Rights History Project"). Many of the young generation joining had joined because of the fear that the same could happen the them, their friends, or their families ("The Murder of Emmett Till - Civil Rights History Project"). From this, more events focused on younger generations started to occur some examples of this are the lunch counter sit in, the Children's March, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. Although Emmett Till is no longer alive there have been current issues brought up about his
