The document summarizes the key events surrounding the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. It discusses that Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was kidnapped and murdered by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam for allegedly whistling at Bryant's wife. It notes that the two men were acquitted by an all-white jury despite later admitting to the killing. The document compares the case to the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin and discusses the continued issues of racism.

1. Jasmine Trammell
Morgan Carpenter
Anterika Hill
Washington
4th period
Feb 8 2013

3.  The people in the court case were Emmett Tills
mother witnesses and Mr. Moses who called
the police after young Emmett was kidnapped.
 The defendants were Roy Bryant and his half
brother J.W. Milam. Along with Carolyn
Bryant and a few others.
 (Carolyn)

4.  The key players in this was the late Emmett Till
along with Roy, JW, and Carolyn. The brothers
had kidnapped Emmett in the early morning
hours before the sun had arose. A few days
before Emmitt was dared to ask Roy's wife out
on a date who was Carolyn Bryant. This
incident is what lead to the death of Emmett.
Emmett Till was in Mississippi visiting his
relatives when this took place. He was
originally from Chicago.

5.  The murder occurred August 28, 1955 4 days
after Emmett asked the girl out.
 The opening day of the court case was
September 19, 1955.

6.  The murder took place in Tallahatchie near the
Tallahatchie River.
 The court case took place in Summer,
Mississippi.
 To the right is an actual crime scene photo of
where Emmett was Found.

7.  They murdered Emmett Till all because he was
dared to ask a white woman out.
 To the left is Roy and to the right J.W.

8.  It took the court a little over an hour to come
up with a verdict. They were found not guilty.
They did admit later that they killed Emmitt
Till but they were protected by the double
jeopardy. There were other court cases
involved and it was reopened in 2004 to
determine if all the other people were involved
as reported. But all the evidence were tied only
to two people. Roy and J.W.

9.  Emmett Till shouldn’t have been killed, just
because he was dared to ask out a white
woman. They should have just gave him time
in jail.
 Just like in the Trevon martin case. He was
killed by a white man after going to buy some
candy.

10.  I feel like none of this had to take place. He didn’t have to be
killed. If it was a problem they could have just went where
Emmett was staying at the time and simply just talked to
who was in charge of him.
 There were also rumors being spread that Emmett whistled
at her which wasn’t true this was story that leaked into
media
 This was a civil courts case.
 In comparison there was a case last year that involve a
young boy named Trevon who liked Emmett was visiting
relatives in the south. He was killed by a man of a different
race when spotted wearing a black hoody due to the rain.
Trevon was only going to get some snacks to bring back to
his dads house.

11.  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/prodjects/ftria
ls/till/tilltestomony.html.
 http://www.biography.com/people/Emmett-
till-507515?pdgo=3