Emmett Till’s kidnapping and lynching on August 28, 1955, in Money, Mississippi, is a tragic and pivotal moment in American history. Emmett, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally murdered after being accused of whistling at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. His body was found in the Tallahatchie River, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, courageously chose to have an open-casket funeral in Chicago, allowing the world to see the horrific violence that had been inflicted upon him. This act of defiance in the face of such violence helped to galvanize the Civil Rights Movement and bring international attention to the systemic racism and violence faced by African Americans in the South. The trial of his killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, resulted in an acquittal by an all-white jury, but the case remains a symbol of the racial injustice prevalent in that era.