The death of Emmett Till / by Bob Dylan. [1963]
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Dylan, Bob, 1941-
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Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in the city of Hibbing. As a teenager, he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He was also influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets. Dylan moved to New York City in 1961 and began to perform in clubs and cafés in Greenwich Village. He met...
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...
