Emmett Till lying on his bed in his Chicago home

Emmett Till lying on his bed in his Chicago home in 1955. While visiting his relatives in Money, Mississippi, he spoke to 21-year-old white woman, Carolyn Bryant, the proprietor of a grocery store. Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam tortured and killed Emmett Till on Aug. 28, 1955. (CSU_2015_11_1334)

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