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1. Introduction
2. Race Relations in the South and in Chicago in the 1950s
2.1 In Chicago
2.2 In the South
3. The Emmett Till Case
3.1 The Murder of Emmett Till
3.2 Emmett Till’s Body Returns to Chicago
3.3 The Funeral
3.4 The Trial
4. Emmett Till as a Catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement
4.1 Age and Provenance
4.2 Commitment of Mamie Till Bradley
4.3 The Interest of the Labor Unions for the Case
4.1 The NAACP and the Till case
4.1 National Response and the Influence of the Media
5. Conclusion
6. References
7. List of Illustrations
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- Marco Stöcker (Author), 2012, The Emmett Till Case As a Catalyst for a United Effort against Racial Discrimination in the US , Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/229734
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