Emmett Till
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( Tribune photo by David Pierini / May 7, 2009 ) Water collects near the grave of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery. Till, the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was kidnapped and murdered in 1955 in Money, Miss., was accused of whistling at a white woman. Till's death helped bring national attention to the brutality of segregation. |
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