Short Story Titled 'Emmett Till'

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who in the year 1955 went to Mississippi to spend the summer with his relatives. One say he and some friends went to a store near by after they finished their work. Witness say that he was dared to speak with the cashier who was a white woman. After that it is said that Emmett started to flirt with Carolyn Bryant. He supposedly touched the woman's hand and waist and whistled to her as he left the store. Four days later the cashiers husband, Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W Milam took Emmett from his home and beat him up. Later they took him to the Tallahatchie River where Emmett died from getting shot in the head by the man. The men then beat up the body even more before dumping the body