| Location | Chicago |
| Age | 14 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 25/07/1941 |
| Date of Death | 28/08/1955 |
| Visitors | 1,566 since 15/07/2009 |
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I am not a relation and I am not in the habit of creating a memorial for someone I have never met and could never have met.
But this terrible case really had an effect on me. This happened long before I was born and in another country but when I came across this in the Mail, I felt compelled to do something.Bless that poor little boy and eternal shame on all who played a part in his tragic murder.
Below is a copy and paste about the case. I will not add the terrible photographs of little Emmetts body as they are so disturbing and i feel that if you wish to look them up to see the true horror of this murder you can do so.
Emmett Till Travels to the Mississippi Delta.
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was excited about his trip from his home in Chicago's south side to the Mississippi Delta to visit relatives. Prior to his departure, his mother, Mamie Till Bradley, a teacher, had done her best to advise him about how to behave when interacting with Southern white people. Till's mother understood that in Mississippi race relations were a lot different than in Chicago. In Mississippi, over 500 blacks had been lynched since 1882 and racially motivated murders were not unfamiliar, especially in the Delta where Till was going. Racial tensions were also on the rise; the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which ordered the end of segregation in schools, created dismay throughout many Southern white communities. Furthermore, the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacy groups began working to maintain life as they knew it.
With his mother's warning and wearing the ring that had belonged to his deceased father, on August 20, 1955, Emmett Till setoff with his cousin Curtis Jones on the train to Mississippi. When Till and Jones arrived on August 21, they stayed at the home of Till's great-uncle Mose Wright, just on the outskirts of Money, Mississippi.
Emmett Till is Kidnapped and Murdered
On August 24, the boys drove Wright's car into the small town of Money and stopped at Bryant's Grocery store to buy some candy. Prior to entering the store, Till pulled out some pictures of his white friends in Chicago and showed them to some local boys outside of the store. The boys dared Till to talk to Carolyn Bryant, the store clerk. Till went into the store, purchased some candy, and what happened as he was leaving is unclear. Till either said, "Bye, baby" or he whistled at Carolyn Bryant.
Neither Till nor Jones understood the magnitude of Till's act, so they did not tell Mose Wright what had happened. They continued to think nothing of the event as three days passed without incident. However, on the fourth day early Sunday morning, Roy Bryant, Carolyn's husband, and J.W. Milam, Roy's half-brother, knocked on the door of Wright's home. With a pistol and flashlight in hand, they asked Mose Wright whether three boys from Chicago were staying with him. Wright led them to the room where Till was sleeping, and the men told Till to get dressed. Wright unsuccessfully pleaded with them to just whip Till. As they were leaving, they threatened to kill Wright if he told anyone.
Several hours later, Mamie Till was notified of her son's kidnapping. A search of the area was conducted, and Mamie Till notified Chicago newspapers of her son's disappearance. Wright told Money's sheriff who had taken Till, and he arrested Bryant and Milam for kidnapping.
The Mutilation of Emmett Till’s Face
Three days later, Till's body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River. It was weighted down by a seventy-five pound cotton gin fan, which was tied around Till's neck with barbed wire. His face was so mutilated that when Wright identified the body, he could only do so based on the ring that Till was been wearing.
Although Mamie Till experienced difficulty in getting her son's body sent to Chicago, when it finally arrived she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. Mamie wanted the world to know what had happened to her son. His right eye was missing, his nose was broken, and there was a hole in the side of his head. Fifty-thousand people attended the funeral. Jet magazine ran photos of Till's body; soon Till's murder became an international story.
THE TRIAL OF MILAM AND BRYANT
Meanwhile, Milam and Bryant had garnered support. Whites in their community claimed they were innocent and supported their defense financially. The trial began on September 19, 1955 in Sumner, Mississippi. The entire jury was composed of white men from the defendants' home county. At trial they asserted that the body recovered from the river was not Till's body. Instead, claimed Milam and Bryant, they had taken Till but had let him go. They alleged that the NAACP and Mamie Till had dug up a body and claimed that it was Till. According to their defense, Till was hiding out in Chicago.
Finding witnesses was difficult for the prosecution. In the South, it was dangerous for blacks to testify against any white person, so those who knew anything were reluctant to come forward. However, white and black reporters and the NAACP were able to find witnesses against the defendants. Willie Reed testified on the stand in barely a whisper that he had seen Bryant, Milam, and another man with Till. Further, he testified that he heard screaming coming from the Milam barn. When Milam came out of the barn with a .45 on his hip, Milam asked Reed if he saw anything, and Reed said no. Mose Wright had decided from the beginning that he was going to testify. When Wright took the stand, he testified that Milam and Bryant had taken Till at gunpoint from his home. After Reed and Wright testified, they were quickly escorted out of Mississippi by the NAACP.
Testimony also came from Mamie Till. She testified that the body she buried was her son, Emmett Till. Neither Milam nor Bryant testified. The trial lasted five days. In the defense's closing argument, Milam and Bryant's attorney forewarned the jury about convicting the defendants: "Your ancestors will turn over in their grave, and I'm sure every last Anglo-Saxon one of you has the courage to free these men." The jury deliberated for only 67 minutes; according to one juror, it lasted that long only because they stopped to drink soda. The jury found Milam and Bryant not guilty. They concluded that the prosecution had failed to prove that the body recovered from the river was Emmett Till.
Milam and Bryant Confess to Murdering Emmett Till
On January 24, 1956, Look magazine published the confession of Milam and Bryant, who had agreed to tell their story for $4,000. According to their confession, they beat Till with a .45 in Milam's barn. They proceeded to take him to the Tallahatchie River where they had him undress and then shot him. A gin fan was tied around his neck with wire in order to weigh the body down in the river. They proceeded to burn Till's clothes and shoes.
Justice Never Prevails
Milam and Bryant were never charged with any other crimes relating to Till’s murder. After the trial, blacks boycotted the Bryants' store, which forced them out of business. Both Milam and Bryant remained in Mississippi until their deaths; Milam died of cancer in 1980 and Bryant died of cancer in 1994.
The murder of Emmett Till was a shocking example to the world of the danger, inequality, and prejudice that blacks often faced in the South. However, Till's murder helped spur the civil rights movement. It was only one hundred days after Till's death that Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus.
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God gave us each an angel
To watch over us with love.
They’re always carrying messages
To Him in Heaven above.
They warn us during danger,
Encourage us to do what is right,
And will always guard and guide us,
Throughout the day and night.
God sent them to protect us,
When crisis comes our way,
And to aid us with our problems
That we encounter every day.
Thank You, my God in Heaven,
For our Guardian Angels dear.
They’re just a token of Your love
To help us overcome life’s fears.
Shirley Hile Powell
♥__LOVE CLARE__♥
Gifts From Heaven
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A tiny golden butterfly
Perched upon my sill
His wings he fluttered gently
To give my heart a thrill.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
On the wind I heard a song
Sung with pure delight
Trilled by a tiny bluebird
Such a lovely sight!
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Through my window drifted
A fragrance oh so sweet
From newly blooming flowers
Came this lovely special treat.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
I'm touched by gentle breezes
The sun warms my frame
I feel the gentle raindrops
I count them all the same.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
They are gifts to us from heaven
To cheer us each new day
Sent by someone special
With love in every way.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
♥__LOVE CLARE__♥
MY PERFECT STAR............
♥A BEAUTIFUL STAR IS SHINING SO BRIGHT
GIVING OFF THE PERFECT GOLDEN LIGHT
ITS BEAUTY IS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE
STARDUST IS FALLING FROM THE SKY FOR ME♥
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♥I KNOW I CAN SMILE WITH SHEER DELIGHT
FOR THAT IS MY ANGEL WHO IS SHINING BRIGHT
WATCHING OVER ME AS THE DAY TURNS TO NIGHT
THAT PERFECT STAR WILL ALWAYS SHINE BRIGHT.♥
copyright� Rosalind Roberts 28/5/2010
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JUST A FEW WORDS OF LOVE........
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JUST A FEW WORDS OF LOVE FROM MY HEART
IT IS SO HARD LIVING TWO WORLDS APART
EVERY DAY MY HEART BREAKS A LITTLE MORE
WHEN I WANT TO SHARE MY DAYS WITH THE ONE I ADORE
JUST A FEW WORDS I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR THEM TOO
ALWAYS AND FOREVER MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU
I MISS YOU MORE THAN A FEW WORDS CAN SAY
WISHING SO MUCH THAT YOU WERE STILL HERE TODAY
JUST A FEW WORDS THAT ARE FROM ME TO YOU
SOME DAYS IT IS SO HARD KNOWING JUST WHAT TO DO
I PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD TRY TO STAY STRONG
BUT YOU SHOULD STILL BE BY MY SIDE WHERE YOU BELONG
FORGIVE MY WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE TEARS THAT FALL
WITHOUT YOU HERE I JUST WAIT FOR YOUR CALL
I KNOW I WILL JOIN YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY
JUST A FEW WORDS OF LOVE I WANTED TO SAY.......
copyright� Rosalind Roberts 26/5/2010
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ~♥x♥~ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥NITE
┊ ┊ ┊ ♥NITE
┊ ┊ ♥SWEET
┊ ♥DREAMS
♥ANGEL
"Heaven's Precious Angel"
I have faith that you have now gone to a better place,
and been given eternal life, by the hand of God's grace.
But I find it heartbreaking to no longer have you here,
although I know in my heart, you'll always be very near.
God knew the time had come to call you back home;
your body was tired, and couldn't function on it's own.
He called you back home again to make you whole,
but He left me the precious gift, of your beautiful soul.
His Angels took you away peacefully without any pain;
a true blessing we all received, in God's loving name.
When your time arrived and you could no longer stay,
God gave us the time, for the words we needed to say.
Difficult to accept that it was time for us to say goodbye,
and my heart aches deeply, along with all the tears I cry.
Yet I know God opened His arms to welcome you home,
and as my precious Angel in Heaven, I'll never be alone.
�Pamela Hall ~Angel of the Heart~
♥__LOVE CLARE__♥
MEET YOU AT HEAVENS GATES.........
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ONE DAY I WILL SEE YOU AND HOLD YOU SO CLOSE TO ME.
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THERE WILL BE SMILES ALL AROUND AND NO-MORE MISERY
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FOR I WILL BE WITH THE ONE THAT I LOVE AND ADORE
YOU WILL BE THE ONE WHOS WAITING WHEN I KNOCK ON HEAVENS DOOR
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YOU ARE STILL MY WORLD YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME
ONE DAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER WE SHALL BOTH BE FREE.
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THERE WILL BE NO MORE OF THIS HEARTBREAK NO MORE PAIN.
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I WILL BE WITH THE ONE I LOVE ONCE AGAIN
MY ANGEL WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAY BEFORE TIME.
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I USED TO FEEL MY ANGELS HEARTBEAT SO VERY CLOSE TO MINE.
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ONE DAY I WILL BE WITH YOU WHEN I HEAR YOU CALL OUT FOR ME.
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AT HEAVENS GATES MY ANGEL WILL BE THE FIRST ANGEL THAT I SEE........
copyright� Rosalind Roberts 27/4/2010
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2.5.2010
♥__GOOD MORNING ANGEL__♥
A Very Special Angel--
Came By To See Me One Day--
She Looked Me In The Eyes--
And Said Listen To What I Say--
I Know Your Sad And Lonely--
Your Heart Is Full Of Pain--
I Have Something To Tell You--
This Is Why I Came--
I Know You Lost Your Loved One--
I Know Your Very Sad--
But Your Loved One Is Happy--
And Now They Feel So Bad--
Your Loved One Wants You To Be Happy--
To Live Again Once More--
Smile And Be Happy--
You've Heard Of Heavens Door?--
This Is Where They'll Meet You--
When Your Time On Earth Is Through--
With Open Arms They'll Embrace You--
What I Say Is True--
They'll Always Be Beside You--
In Everything You Do--
Please Listen To What I Say To You--
For What I Say Is True--
Written By Jayne M Roddy
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..It Only Takes a Memory
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I cry for you each night and day
Im sorry, i just do
For it only takes a memory
And my heart aches more for you
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Sometimes it hurts me so bad
Where i just cant take no more
To me life is so cruel
Everyday feels like a chore
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Before i go to bed at night
I always kneel and pray
Please take away the pain i feel
And help me through another day
copyright� Vicky Deaville
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♥_Miss Me - But Let Me Go_♥
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When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room,
Why cry for a soul set free.
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Miss me a little, but not too long,
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me, but let me go.
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For this journey that we all must take,
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
a step on the road to home.
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When we are lonely and sick at heart,
Go to the friends we know,
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds,
Miss me, but let me go.
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♥__LOVE CLARE__♥
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★... Goodnight ★ Beautiful ★ Angel... ★
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We gaze up at the dark night sky ★
We see a star that twinkles ★
With everlasting light ★
Shining down from heaven ★
All through the night ★
Twinkling and glowing for us to see ★
Our precious angel watching over you and me ★
Sweet dreams precious angel ★
Copyright� Leza 9/4/2010
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