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Americans were shocked and horrified by the lynching of Emmet Till. Despite the fact the kids his age and younger had been lynched in the south since Reconstruction ended. Did most just not know at the time? Or was there some larger shift in values that made this unappetizing to the public?

by /u/nowlan101 in /r/AskHistorians

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