Discretion is advised.

Ten-minute murder.

Emmett Till was only 14 years old during the summer of 1955, when he traveled from his home in Chicago, Illinois, to stay with his relatives in the Mississippi Delta.

It was in Mississippi that he had an interaction that changed the course of the rest of his short life,

although at the time he didn't even notice that he'd done anything wrong.

Exactly what happened when Emmett Till met Carolyn Bryant in the grocery store she and her husband owned is still up for debate.

At 21 years old, Carolyn was seven years Emmett's senior, and crucially, unlike Emmett, she was white.

After his short interaction with Carolyn, he was accused of many things, whistling at her in a

casual manner, touching her, and even flirting with her brazenly. He might have done it because

of a dare. He might not have been dared at all. He might not have even done it at all.

Most of the witnesses seemed to agree that whatever Emmett had done, he had not

been obeying the unwritten rules of how a black boy should interact with a white woman in America's

southern states. Two days passed. At the time of her interaction with Emmett, Carolyn's husband,

Roy, had been away in Texas. When he returned home, Carolyn initially didn't tell him whatever Emmett, Carolyn's husband, Roy, had been away in Texas. When he returned home, Carolyn initially

didn't tell him whatever Emmett had said or done. Later, she explained that she tried to hide

this information because she believed that if Roy found out, he would harm Emmett. However,

Carolyn's secrecy was pointless. One of the grocery stores' customers told Roy anyway, he was furious at his wife for keeping a secret,

but he was even more mad at Emmett Till.

Along with his half-brother, J.W. Milam, Roy tracked Emmett down to his great-uncle's house,

where he was staying during his visit. Armed with pistols,

the two men knocked on the door and demanded to see Emmett. Emmett's great-ant offered J.W. and

Roy money in exchange for not harming the boy, but they refused, continuing to demand that

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