2h 36min, aug 28, 1955 y - Death of Emmett Till
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 Emmett Till was  a 14 year old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after a white woman had claimed he offended her in her family's grocery store. His death was the catalyst that kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 
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2h 36min, aug 28, 1955 y
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 ~ 70 years ago