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Emmett Till, Whom They Came For In the Night

September 13, 2019 by Tom Stewart

August, 24th, 1955, a young Chicago boy died in Mississippi. No not 'died', that sounds almost like an accident, like it just sort of happened. It was not accident; white men came for him in the night demanding vengeance over a kid stunt, the crime of whistling at a white woman on a dare.

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September 13, 2019 /Tom Stewart
emmett till, history, civil rights, 1950s, black, black history
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