Memorandum from National Administrative Committee of the American Communist Party Regarding the Emmett Till Lynching

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Memorandum from National Administrative Committee of the American Communist Party Regarding the Emmett Till Lynching

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955

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Emmett Till was born in Chicago, Illinois to Louis Till (February 7, 1922-July 2, 1945) and Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan, November 23, 1921-January 6, 2003). In the summer of 1955 Emmett took a vacation to visit relatives near Money in the Mississippi Delta region, and help them with the cotton harvest. While there, he was accused of harassing a local white woman. A few days later, August 28, 1955, Emmett was abducted at gunpoint, brutally beaten, mutilated, and even...