Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a fourteen year ol African-American from Chicago, Illinois who was murdered in Money, Mississippi, a small town in the state's Delta region. The murder of Emmett Till was noted as one of the leading events that motivated the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. The main suspects were acquitted, but later admitted to committing the crime.