The African Civil Rights movement.

Through the constant attention it received, Till's case became representative of the inequality of justice for blacks in the South. NAACP operative Amzie Moore considers Till the start of the Civil Rights Movement, at the very least, in Mississippi. Just a hundred days after the trial In Montgomery, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider, starting a yearlong well organized grassroots boycott of the public bus system, designed to force the city to change its segregation policies. Rosa Parks said later that when she did not get up and move to the back of the bus, "I thought of Emmett Till and I just couldn't go back.” Emmett Till continues to be the focus of literature and memorials. A statue was showed in Denver in 1976 featuring Emmett with Martin Luther King, Jr. Emmett Till was included among the forty names of people who had died in the Civil Rights Movement. In 2007, Tallahatchie County delivered a formal apology to Till's family, reading "We the citizens of Tallahatchie County recognize that the Emmett Till case was a terrible failure of justice. We state truthfully and with deep regret the failure to effectively pursue justice. We wish to say to the family of Emmett Till that we are deeply sorry for what was done in this public to your loved one.” Emmett Tills murder was horrific and life changing for many people. As today he is still a symbol of injustice and racism.