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Emmett Till Mother is 81 years old she was born November 23, 1921.
She died January 6, 2003.
Born in Mississippi, Till-Mobley moved with her parents to the Chicago area during the Great Migration. After her son's murder she became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. -
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Emmett Till was born in Chicago, IL
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Emmet Till attended McCosh Elementary School.
He didn't attend junior high school or high school because he died at the age of 14. -
Louis Till was an American soldier.
He was born February 7,1922.
Louis Till died July 2,1945. -
Emmett Till was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement.
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Emmett was killed in Mississippi at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.
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Three days after Emmett Till was kidnapped his body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River.