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Mamie Till - Emmett was killed

Time: 1955

Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Details: Mamie's son was abducted and brutally murdered on August 28, 1955, after being accused of interacting inappropriately with a white woman. 

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Monday Dec 5, 1955 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
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1955 - U.S.
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