aug 28, 1955 - Lynching of Emmet Till

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While visiting his family in Mississippi, Till said "Bye Baby" to a white woman when leaving a store. The response from two white men was to brutally beat and kill Till. The perpatrators' trial was aquitted.

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Civil Rights

ByThomas

7 May 2018

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Date:

aug 28, 1955

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~ 69 years ago

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