emmett till
A 14 year boy named Emmett Till, started talking to a 21 year old woman named Carolyn Bryant, who was the owner of a small grocery store. By talking to this woman, he had been reported by a bystander that he was being "flirty" , this was disheartening to Bryant's husband which caused him to acquire a vast amount of rage . Several nights later, Bryant's husband and half brother had allegedly taken Till from his great uncle's house, he was brutally tortured with sheer agony, having his eyes getting gouged out before being shot in the head and being disposed of in the Tallahatchie River. This body was eventually found and given back to Tills mother. This had sparked a commotion and created a revolutionary event with tens of thousands attending his funeral and photos of Emmett Till's body in magazines and newspapers. It brought up racial problems such as segregation and relationships between the races. Although these were still problems before Till's death, his death had sparked a commotion and made many people think again about the racial laws.