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NPR "KKK" was scrawled on an Emmett Till Memorial Highway sign in 2006. And in October, the marker at the Tallahatchie River where Till's body was found was riddled with bullet holes.
Emmett Till Sign Vandalized Again
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The damage was done to a historical marker that stands outside the Money, Miss., grocery store where in 1955, Till was accused of flirting with a white woman before being kidnapped and killed.
105 months ago
NBC News In 1955, 14-year-old Till was beaten and shot after a woman said the boy whistled at her and touched her. Three days later, his disfigured body was found attached to a cotton gin fan floating in a river.
107 months ago
Los Angeles Times Books Emmett Till's death is a tragedy America continues to relive.
108 months ago
TheRoot.com Emmett Till's accuser says that nothing he did justified what happened to him. via Jezebel
110 months ago
MSN News “Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him.” Carol Bryant said she “felt tender sorrow” for Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
110 months ago
TIME The brutally beaten body of Emmett Till was photographed at his mother’s request, so that the world could help her fight for justice for her son and ensure he did not die in vain.
112 months ago
NPR Writer John Edgar Wideman was thinking of writing a novel based on the Emmett Till case, when he came across the story of Louis Till, Emmett's father. Read on to see why Wideman tells NPR's Scott Simon that the senior Till, who was also hanged, never
Read more ... "had a chance."
112 months ago
Yahoo News The details are chilling.
114 months ago
Jalopnik Go the classy route.
How To De-Badge Your Car With Nothing But Hand Tools
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The emblems on the back your car can sometimes be a symbol of status and a source of pride, but more often than not, they’re eyesores that would fare better as shiny belt buckles. Thankfully, I’ve devised a handy instructional video on how to rem
Read more ... ove your car’s emblems using nothing but basic hand to...
119 months ago
MSNBC "I said, 'Oh yes we're going to open the casket.' ... Let the people see what I see. I want the world to see this."
-- Mamie Till Mobley, mother of Emmett Till
Remembering Emmett Till 60-years later
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On this day in 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by two white men in Mississippi for supposedly whistling at a teenage girl who was white.
127 months ago
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