A timeline of racial injustice in America in recent years 1955 - Emmett Till’s murder Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was lynched after being accused of offending a white woman. His brutal murder and the acquittal of his murderers is significant to the long history of the violent persecutions of African Americans. It wasn’t until 2007 that Emmet Till’s accuser disclosed that she had fabricated her story. 1963 – The march on Washington This Major civil r