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Why did they kill Emmett till?

Updated: 4/29/2024
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Emmett Till was killed while visiting the south. He was leaving a store and a white woman/girl was walking into the store. He said "hi, baby" and walked on. Later, he was picked up and beaten to death. His body was ID'ed by using his high school ring he was beaten so badly.

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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy, was brutally murdered in 1955 in Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His killers, two white men, were acquitted by an all-white jury. The case sparked outrage and is considered a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement due to the injustice and racism it highlighted.

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