Emmett Till

CTL-E-0353 · Person · unspecified

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Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan murdered while visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi, in August 1955; his Chicago funeral became a national catalyst.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-034; source research type(s): Person. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Emmett Till case overview U.S. Department of Justice justice.gov
Emmett Till Project Dr. Samuel K. Roberts emmetttillproject.com

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