Justice Department Reopens the Racist 1955 Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department has reopened the racist killing of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955, NPR reports.
The department says it has received “new information” in the case but did not provide specifics.
A new book on the killing, The Blood of Emmett Till, combined archival research with new interviews, provided hope for Till’s family.
Two white men were acquitted by an all-white jury, but the men later confessed that they killed Till.
Posted: 7/16/18 at 11:53 AM under News Story.
Tags: emmett till, Mississippi
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