What provoked whites in Money, Mississippi, to lynch Emmett Till?

A) Till attempted to register to vote in rural Georgia.
B) Till raped a white woman in a large southern city.
C) He breached social etiquette—the boy called a white woman "Baby."
D) Till was married to a white woman and had several children in the North with her.


Answer: C

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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