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1 août 1955 - Emmett Till murdered in the Tallahatchie River

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Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting family in Mississippi when he is kidnapped, brutally beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Two white men, J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant, are arrested for the murder and acquitted by an all-white jury.

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17 mai 2019
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Date:

1 août 1955
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~ Il y a 70 ans