In the early morning hours of August 28, 1955, two white men entered the home of Mose Wright armed with a flashlight and a pistol. The men, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, came for Wright’s 14-year-old nephew, Emmett Till. With his uncle and aunt pleading the men to stop, they abducted Till into the night. It would be the last time Till’s family would see him alive.
On this summersode, Zelda and Denise discuss the events that led up to the horrific lynching of Chicago-native Emmitt Till as well as what happened next. Then we go further by discussing his family tree, an interesting history of struggle, success, and heartbreak.
