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Emmett Till

After talking to a white woman in a local grocery store, fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered a few days later.

The Murder of Emmett Till
Fourteen-year-old Chicago resident, Emmett Till had little knowledge of the ways of the South. So when he spoke to a white female grocery clerk in Mississippi, he was unable to see that this act had put his life in serious jeopardy. A few days later he was murdered.

Timeline of the Murder of Emmett Till
This timeline provides a look at the details surrounding the murder of Emmett Till and the murder trial afterward.

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