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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally beaten and murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Emmett was a lively teenager who grew up in an area without much racism or hate (3). Emmett lived in Chicago, Illinois in a flourishing black neighborhood. When he was very young, he was inflicted with polio, which gave him a slight speech impediment. His mother taught him to whistle when he was struggling with his stutter. Emmett went to a segregated school, so he was used to being separated because of color, but he was not prepared for the amount of racism he would soon encounter. Emmett Till was brutally murdered by a white man and his half brother, but his assailants were not persecuted (3). In the summer of

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