From the Atlanta Tribune:

Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant Donham AP; Gene Herrick/AP AUGUST 28 1955—The body of Emmett Till is recovered from the Talla­hatchie River near Money, Miss. The 14-year-old Chicago native had been kidnapped, tortured and murdered the previous day for allegedly whistling at a White woman. Till’s savage death be­came a rallying cry for the early […]

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