Emmett Louis Till — Justice, Illinois

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Emmett Louis Till

Justice, Illinois · Born: July 25, 1941 Chicago, Illinois

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Emmett Louis Till was an African American youth whose childhood home stood at this site. His brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman is said to have been the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement in America.

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Justice, Illinois · USA

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