Emmett till was born in. In late summer 1955, mamie till chose to lay the body of her only child, emmett, in an open coffin, believing that “the whole nation had to bear witness to this” — this black child. Emmett louis till was born in chicago on july 25, 1941
Biography of Emmett Till, Victim of Lynching
Emmett was the only child of louis and mamie till
He never knew his father, a soldier, who died during.
In late summer 1955, mamie till chose to lay the body of her only child, emmett, in an open coffin, believing that “the whole nation had to bear witness to this” — this black child of. This year marks the 70th anniversary of emmett louis till’s kidnapping and murder His murder galvanized the emerging civil rights movement.



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