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Aug. 28, 2025

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No Justice For Emmett

On Aug. 28, 1955 — 70 years ago today — a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi was dragged out of bed, beaten, shot and his body thrown into a river. He had been accused of either flirting or being disrespectful to a white woman in a country store.

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