The Night They Took Emmett Till
On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted from his great-uncle's Mississippi home — a murder that would galvanize the civil rights movement.
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The Night Camille Came Ashore
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille — one of only four Category 5 storms ever to strike the continental U.S. — slammed into Mississippi's Gulf Coast.