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Emmett Till’s Story Seems to Be Everywhere. There’s a Reason Why

Por: Time Entertainment October 16, 2022

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In 1955, much of Black America was transfixed by images of : the swollen, disfigured remains of a 14-year-old Chicago boy who had gone to Mississippi to visit family. While there, the boy, Emmett Till, had been kidnapped, beaten, mutilated, shot, then dumped in a river, after he allegedly violated one of the many rules of Jim Crow society. The boy had been handsome, charismatic, a kid who appreciated a good joke. He was his mother’s only and... + full article



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