Louis Till (February 7, 1922 – July 2, 1945) was an American so...
wikipedia - 11 Jun 2022Louis Till (February 7, 1922 – July 2, 1945) was an American soldier who was executed by the U.S. Army in 1945 after being found guilty of murdering an Italian woman and raping two others. He was the father of Emmett Till, whose murder in August 1955 at the age of 14 galvanized the Civil rights movement. The circumstances of his death were unknown to his family until they were revealed after the trial of his son's murderer ten years later.
