Emmett Till was visiting his family in the late summer of 1955. He didn't know the rules in the American South. It was his first mistake. Emmett Till, an innocent 14-year-old colored boy, found at the bottom of the Tallahatchie River in 1955. 2 white men had been charged with the murder. His mother, Mamie Till, wasn't going to let anyone get away with murdering her 14-year-old son. She wanted people to see what had been done and Mamie Till wanted justice. Mamie Till was fed up with inequalities and wanted to change them. She had her eyes on the prize. Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941; he was a native of Chicago, Illinois. Emmett had been an adventurous child and didn't know much about his father. His father, Louis Till, died in 1945 in Italy. No one knew why Louis Till died. When Emmett was 6 years old, he was diagnosed with polio. Polio, short for Poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that can affect the nerves and cause partial or total paralysis. He recovered, but he ended up stuttering. Emmett struggled to overcome his stutter. Emmett was raised by his mother and grandmother. According to Emmett's mother, "he was a very well-rounded child." He was an extremely responsible child and would often do things for his mother to show her how much he cared and appreciated her. He often cooked and cleaned the house because she had to work a lot to provide stability for the family. In Emmett's free time, he explored everything he had the chance to explore. He was an outgoing and funny child. According to his cousins, “Emmett paid people to tell him jokes.” When Emmett Till's great uncle came to visit him and his family; His uncle had talked about how he may have... middle of paper ... they were present, they told Emmett Till exactly what they had done. The story had shocked everyone and the law could do nothing because they had been found not guilty. Weeks after Mamie Till discovered her son had been murdered, Mississippi Senator James O. Eastland in an effort to dampen sympathy. for Mamie, revealed to the press that he had been executed for rape. Granny had been heartbroken by all the devastation, but that didn't stop her from trying to show the world what white men had done to her only child. Emmett Till's trial seemed biased and extremely unfair. Emmett Till deserved an equal trial. Yes, what Emmett did to Carolyn Bryant was extremely rude and unnecessary, but he didn't know what it was like in the south and he was just trying to impress the guys, like any other teenager would try to do..