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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 · 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.
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...
Jan 20, 2022 · Louis Till was executed by the military in 1945, while serving in a segregated unit in Italy during World War II. He and another soldier had been convicted of murdering one woman and of raping two ...
Feb 29, 2020 · Born on February 7, 1922, Till was killed on July 2, 1945, aged a mere 23 years. Till, together with McMurray, were court-martialed, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.
Oct 28, 2022 · Emmett “Bobo” Louis Till was just 14 years old when he was murdered. Family remember him as a fun loving, gentle person who loved practical jokes and making others laugh.
Louis Till (died July 2, 1945) was an American soldier and the father of Emmett Louis Till, whose murder in 1955 at the age of fourteen mobilized the African-American civil rights movement. Louis Till was executed by the U.S. Army in 1945 after being found guilty of murder and rape.
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