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Emmett Till
American murder victim
Also known as: Emmett Louis Till
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- In full:
- Emmett Louis Till
- Died:
- August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi (aged 14)
- Notable Family Members:
- mother Till-Mobley, Mamie
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Emmett Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi) African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class parents on the South Side of Chicago. When he was barely 14 years old, Till took a trip to rural Mississippi to spend the summer with relatives. His mother, Mamie Till, knew Emmett to be a jokester accustomed to being the centre of attention, and she warned him that whites in the South could react violently to behaviour that was tolerated in the North. This animosity was exacerbated by the ...(100 of 765 words)