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Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered ...

#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered after Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, accused him of propositioning her. Despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt, Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9983/emmett-till-murdered