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Emmet Louis Till: A Brief Biography

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Emmet Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois to Louis Till and Mamie Till. Emmet never knew is father. His father, Louis, served as a private in the United States Army during World War II. Three years after Louis and Mamie separated in 1942, the family received word that the father was executed for “willful misconduct”. For his whole life, Emmet grew up in thriving, middle-class black neighborhood on Chicago’s south side. He attended an all-Black school called McCosh Grammar School. His friends said he loved to make people laugh. In the summer of August 1955, Mamie sent Emmet to Mississippi to visit his relatives. Mamie also warned her son not fool with the white people down South. Emmet went to stay with his cousin Curtis

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