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Includes discussion of Thelma leaving Mississippi, free meals at Cook County Hospital, the birth of Till and the nickname “Bobo”, raising baby Emmett, departure of Louis Till, home cooking, and Till’s future plans and spirituality.
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Louis Till was abducted from the home of his uncle, Mose Wright, near Money, Mississippi. A body was recovered three days later in the nearby Tallahatchie River, which divides Tallahatchie and Leflore Counties, ...
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