Emmett Till, Ba’amurke ɗan shekara 14 daga Chicago, ya ziyarci danginsa a Money, Mississippi, don bazara.An yi zargin cewa ya yi mu'amala da wata farar fata, Carolyn Bryant, a cikin wani karamin kantin sayar da kayan abinci wanda ya saba ka'idojin al'adun Mississippi, kuma mijin Bryant Roy da kaninsa JW Milam sun yi wa matashiya Emmett Till kisan gilla.Sun yi masa duka tare da yanka shi kafin su harbe shi a kai suka nutse da jikinsa a cikin kogin Tallahatchie.Bayan kwana uku, an gano gawar Till kuma aka fito da ita daga kogin.Bayan mahaifiyar Emmett, Mamie Till, ta zo don gano ragowar danta, ta yanke shawarar cewa tana son "bar mutane su ga abin da na gani".Mahaifiyar har sai da aka mayar da gawarsa zuwa Chicago inda ta baje kolin a budaddiyar akwati a lokacin bikin jana'izar inda dubban maziyarta suka isa don nuna girmamawa.Wani hoto daga baya na jana'izar da aka yi a Jet an lasafta shi a matsayin wani muhimmin lokaci a zamanin 'yancin jama'a don nunawa dalla-dalla irin ta'asar wariyar launin fata da ake yiwa bakaken fata a Amurka.A cikin wani shafi na The Atlantic, Vann R. Newkirk ya rubuta cewa: "Shawarar wadanda suka kashe shi ta zama wasan kwaikwayo da ke haskaka mulkin kama-karya na fararen fata" Jihar Mississippi ta yi kokarin wadanda ake tuhuma guda biyu, amma wani alkali farar fata ya wanke su da sauri."Kisan Emmett," in ji ɗan tarihi Tim Tyson, "ba zai taɓa zama wani lokacin tarihi ba tare da Mamie ta sami ƙarfin sanya baƙin cikinta na sirri ya zama al'amari na jama'a."Martanin visceral game da shawarar da mahaifiyarsa ta yanke na yin jana'izar budaddiyar gawa ta tara al'ummar baƙar fata a duk faɗin Amurka Kisan da sakamakon shari'ar ya ƙare da gaske yana tasiri ga ra'ayoyin wasu matasa 'yan gwagwarmaya baƙar fata.Joyce Ladner ta yi kira ga masu fafutuka kamar "Emmett Till generation."Kwanaki ɗari bayan kisan Emmett Till, Rosa Parks ta ƙi barin wurin zama a cikin bas a Montgomery, Alabama.Daga baya Parks ta sanar da mahaifiyar Till cewa shawarar da ta yanke na zama a kujerar ta ya biyo bayan hoton da har yanzu take tunawa da gawar Till.