Before Till became a symbol for the civil rights movement, he was just a child who was silly, brave and adored by his family. Their nickname for him was Bobo. "He was a fun-loving prankster ...

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Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25 ... turned a local murder into a global symbol of American injustice. A few weeks after Emmett’s funeral, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a ...