aug 28, 1955 - Lynching of Emmett Till
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Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago. While he was visiting his family in Mississippi he got murdered for saying “bye baby” to a white woman. This got a lot of attention as his mum decided to have a open court case to show everyone what can happen to black people.
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