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Louis Till (February 7, 1922 – July 2, 1945) was an African American GI during World War II. After enlisting in the United States Army following trial for domestic violence against his estranged wife Mamie Till, and having chosen military service over jail time, Till was court-martialed on two counts of rape and one count of murder during the ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Published November 15, 2023. Louis Till was executed in Italy after a court-martial found him guilty of raping two women and murdering another while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, but it's long been debated whether he was truly guilty or unfairly targeted because of his race.
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Jan 20, 2022 · ABC News. While most people know the story of Emmett Till's brutal murder, the death of his father, Louis Till, is much less well-known. "Louis died before he could see what would happen to his son.
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Nov 12, 2016 · A decade before his teenage son was lynched in Mississippi, Louis Till was serving overseas in World War II. Writing to Save a Life explores how Till was convicted of rape and murder and put to...
Dec 14, 2016 · Louis Till was Emmett’s father, an abusive husband who did not really know his son. Ten years before Emmett was murdered by Mississippi racists, 23-year-old Louis Till was executed by a...
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Dec 2, 2009 · Emmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. Till never knew his father, a private in the United States Army during World War II....
Oct 19, 2016 · Six decades after Emmett Till 's murder, and seven decades after Louis Till was executed by the U. S. Army, John Edgar Wideman investigates whether the father, like the son, suffered a...
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