Emmett traveled to Mississippi
Time: 1955
Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Details: In 1955, when Emmett was 14, his mother put him on the train to spend the summer visiting his cousins in Money, Mississippi.
‹ Earlier in historyEisenhower dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam as military advisors to Diem's armyFeb, 1955 Later in history ›Hepburn received the Golden Globe for World Film Favorite that yearThursday Feb 24, 1955
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