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Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after a white woman said she was offended by him in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention.
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Emmett Till | |
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 Till in a photograph taken by his mother on Christmas Day 1954 | |
| Born | Emmett Louis Till July 25, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 28, 1955 (aged 14) Money, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lynching |
| Resting place | Burr Oak Cemetery Alsip, Illinois |
| Education | James McCosh Elementary School |
| Parent(s) | Mamie Carthan Till-Mobley Louis Till |
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