abstract:"The Death of Emmett Till", also known as "The Ballad of Emmett Till", is a song by American musician Bob Dylan about the murder of Emmett Till. Till, a 14-year-old African American, was killed on August 28, 1955 by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman.
But what is most needed -- more than just keeping the focus on Trayvon -- is for his death to spark an uprising of awareness and consciousness, maybe similar to what Emmett Till's death did in 1955.