#Onthisday Aug 24th 71 Years ago 14 Year old Emmett Louis Till enters Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi, August 24, 1955 His encounter with Carolyn Bryant, Donham changed the course of history forever.

Emmett Till's brutal murder Galvanized the #CivilRights Movement. Join us for the historic Emmett Till 71st Year Anniversary Commemoration weekend activities and Educational Tour August 28-30 in Jackson, MS and surrounding areas. Wear Black and White. a global, annual, silent, yet powerful way to remember Emmett, and to demonstrate our protest against injustice, hatred, violence and racism, and pause for a moment of silence wherever you are in the world at noon. REGISTER Here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emmett-till-71st-anniversary-commemoration-weekend-aug-28-30-2026-tickets-1990317574443 We will continue to say his name and the names of all stolen lives! 🕊Emmett Louis Till, was a 14 year old boy that shared his joy of life with everyone around him. He loved amusement parks, the zoo and loved to fish with his Grandmother. He even had a love for music and dancing. Tragically, his life was cut short at the tender age of 14, on August 28, 1955, but his legacy lives on. We will honor our promise to #MamieTillMobley, and keep his memory alive! His death will not be in vain. 🖤 Say his name and Say the names of all of those whose lives have been stolen. Thank you for standing with us and members of the Emmett Till Legacy family. https://emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com #JusticeForThemAll #SimeonWright ElizabethWright MoseWright Aug28 NeverForget LegacyKeepers Till71 EmmettTill71 LegacyKeepers JusticeForEmmettTill Still EmmettTillFamily EmmettTillLegacyFoundation TillLegacyFamily TillLegacy JusticeDenied RememberEmmettTill RememberingEmmettTill SpiritOfEmmettTill EmmettTill SpiritOfMamieTillMobley