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August 20 6, 1955, remember what happened, but i will take a measure of how long ago it was in a minute. Emmett till was a 14yearold boy from chicago. Spending the summer with his uncle in mississippi. His uncle was a farmer. He had a son who was his age. Wright. E is moses his son was simion wright. They were all living together in mississippi, having a good summertime, two days before this day. Emmett till had gone into a Country Store called brians meats and grocery. He goes into the store to purchase something. He was at the Cash Register and there, he sees the Grocery Store owner with her husband. Something happened at that point. Theres only one person who knows what happened. That is carolyn bryant. Ok . He purchases something, and he either whistles at her in a sassy way, a wolf whistle, that construction workers and others are known to do with women walk by, or, as he is leaving, he says something like, bye, baby, or, as his mother says, he started to Say Something and stutter

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