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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.
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.
May 25, 1941
Emmett Till Born
Emmett Louis Till, whose murder would galvanize the civil rights movement, was born in Chicago, Illinois.