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06 Mar 12
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Guided Readings: Postwar America <!-- <span class="intro-date">1760-1780</span> -->
Emmett Till
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. A 75-pound cotton gin fan was attached with barbed wire to his neck.
Till had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a -
ill had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there. The woman's husband and his half-brother kidnapped and killed Till.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes. One juror commented: "If we hadn't stopped to drink a pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."
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05 Mar 12
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kidnapped by two white men
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Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered
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A 75-pound cotton gin fan was attached with barbed wire to his neck.
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Till had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there. The woman's husband and his half-brother kidnapped and killed Till.
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01 Mar 11
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Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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" An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minut
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28 Feb 11
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On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes.
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03 Mar 10
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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss.
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, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. A 75-pound cotton gin fan was attached with barbed wire to his neck
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and whistled at a white woman who worked there.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes. One juror commented: "If we hadn't stopped to drink a pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."
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entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there
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On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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Till had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there. The woman's husband and his half-brother kidnapped and killed Till.
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On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. A 75-pound cotton gin fan was attached with barbed wire to his neck.
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Till had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there. The woman's husband and his half-brother kidnapped and killed Till. As one put it: "I just decided it was time a few people got put on notice." An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes. One juror commented: "If we hadn't stopped to drink a pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."
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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes. One juror commented: "If we hadn't stopped to drink a pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."
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1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth who was on a summer vacation from his home on Chicago's South Side, was kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home
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Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. A 75-pound cotton gin fan was attached with barbed wire to his neck.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes.
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a 14-year-old African American
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kidnapped by two white men
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Till had allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there
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02 Mar 10
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kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes. One juror commented: "If we hadn't stopped to drink a pop, it wouldn't have taken that long."
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August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American youth
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kidnapped by two white men from his uncle's home in LeFlore County, Miss. Four days later, Till's badly beaten body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River
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allegedly entered a grocery store, bought some bubble gum, and whistled at a white woman who worked there. The woman's husband and his half-brother kidnapped and killed Till.
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An all-white jury acquitted the two men in an hour and seven minutes.
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