TIMELINE OF EVENTS
1921
November 23: Mamie Till-Mobley (née Carthan) born
1941
July 25: Emmett Louis Till born
1955
August 20: Emmett boards train
from Chicago to Mississippi
August 24: Emmett and family visit Bryant's Grocery where Emmett whistles at Carolyn Bryant
August 29: J.W. Milam is arrestedon kidnapping charges
September 2: Emmett's body arrives in Chicago;
New York Times publishes story on Till case
September 6: Emmett is buried at Burr Oak Cemetery
September 15: Jet magazine publishes photos of Emmett's brutalized body
September 23: Milam and Bryant are found not guilty
August 20: Emmett arrives in Winona, MS, to stay with great-uncle Moses Wright in Money, MS
August 28: Emmett is abducted from Moses Wright's home, beaten, and murdered; Roy Bryant is arrested on kidnapping charges
August 31: Emmett's body is found in the Tallahatchie River
September 3-4: Emmett's funeral at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ is attended by 100,000 people
September 19: Trial of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for Emmett's murder begins
September 22: Willie Reed testifies
1956
January 24: Look magazine publishes "confession" from Milam and Bryant for Emmett's murder