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Explain how emmett till's murder and the trial helped serve as a spark in the civil rights movement.

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Emmett Till's murder was a spark in the upsurge of activism and resistance that became known as the Civil Rights movement. The sight of his brutalized body pushed many who had been content to stay on the sidelines directly into the fight.

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