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What was the name of Emmett Till's great-uncle with whom he was staying in Mississippi?

  • Mose Wright

  • John Wright

  • Samuel Wright

  • Mose Wright

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Emmett Till was staying with his great-uncle, Mose Wright, near Money, Mississippi, when he was abducted by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. Mose Wright testified against the two men during their trial, which was a courageous act for a black man in the Jim Crow-era South.
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