aug 28, 1955 - The Lynching of Emmett Till

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Around the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 3 A.M., Bryant and Milam kidnapped Emmett Till and tied him in the back of a truck.Till was beat,had an eye gouged out,shot in the head and then thrown into the Tallahatchie River with a fan tied to his neck to weigh him down.

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