This site is dedicated to the memory of Emmett Louis Till, and seeks to educate people about his murder and the miscarriage of justice that followed. His abduction and murder in Mississippi in August 1955, and the subsequent acquittal of his killers the following month, became not only a national story, but also put Southern racism into the international spotlight. These events became a major force in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement. Some would even say they were the catalyst (Emmett Till Murder.com)