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The Mobile Register (Mobile, Ala.) The Mobile Register [No. 181 (September 1, 1955)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09975 Author/Creator: The Mobile Register (Mobile, Ala.) Place Written: Mobile, Alabama Type: Newspaper Date: 1 September 1955 Pagination: 12 p. Order a Copy

One issue of The Mobile Register dated September 1, 1955. Front page includes an article related to the murder of Emmett Till. Article is entitled, "River Yields Body of Murdered Boy." Includes news related to local communities and politics.

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
The Mobile Register (Mobile, Ala.) 1903-

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