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August 28, 1955

Emmett Till Murdered

Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman.

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September 6, 1955

Mamie Till-Mobley Holds Open Casket Funeral

Mamie Till-Mobley held an open-casket funeral for her son Emmett Till, exposing the brutality of racial violence to the nation.

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May 25, 1941

Emmett Till Born

Emmett Louis Till, whose murder would galvanize the civil rights movement, was born in Chicago, Illinois.

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