Emmett Louis Till ( July 25 , 1941 -- August 28 , 1955 ) was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 , after reportedly flirting with a white woman .
Emmett Louis `` Bobo '' Till ( July 25 , 1941 -- August 28 , 1955 ) was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi after it was said that he flirted with a white woman .