Murder of Emmitt Till
Emmitt Till was 14 when he was murdered. He was killed because he whistled at a white woman. He was then kidnapped and taken to a ban where he was brutally beaten. One of his eyes was gouged out and was shot through the head after. His body was then dumbed into the Tallahatchie River and was recovered three days later. His mother allowed an open casket funeral to show the brutality of it. This made thousands of African Americans angry and it rallied black support.