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Emmett Till — Part 1
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[___}eecatted a ring that Till had wom and had allowed [ro wear for a
while. After!” __retumed the ring, Till constantly wore it, never taking it off.57- 8
. [ On the Saturday following the incident at Bryant's Grocery &
Meat Market| __| Till, Maurice Wright(___———_—ipndd others went into
Greenwood, Mississippi. After returning home, everyone went to bed 7 |
and Maurice Wright sleeping in the same bed. [__ woke to voices and someone
was asking about "a fat boy from Chicago, and ah...I said oh my goodness... "i the
first thing I said, I’m — I’m getting ready to die.” Two men came into his bedroom,
“when they stepped in there I saw that pistol and their flashlight...” «I remember
them saying they looking for a ‘fat boy, and at that timf | and Emmett
was kind of chunky, so they passed on by and they went to the next room...” “. mi
could hear ‘em talking, and I can’t remember exactly what the conversation was, I—I
think I remember one thing he wanted to put his socks and — ah...he was saying yes
and no, yeah, no, and they was cursing, they were very upset over that...” After the .
men took Till, there was silence in the house and “nobody talked to |
anybody.” 89,90, FE
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