'There was tragedy, and now there's triumph'
People gathered at the Emmett & Mamie Till-Mobley House Museum in Chicago's Woodlawn ahead of what would have been the murdered teen's 82nd birthday.& Theatre in Woodlawn ahead of what would have been the murdered teen's 82nd birthday.
Line dancing, live entertainment and plenty of food were on tap for Sunday as people celebrated Till's life. Born in Chicago, Till was kidnapped and lynched at the age of 14 for allegedly offending a white woman while visiting family in Mississippi.
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