The United States Justice Department has officially closed a three-year investigation into the death of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy savagely murdered in Mississippi in 1955. Officials were unable to prove that one of the witnesses, pivotal to the case,…
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Department of Justice Closes Further Investigation Into the Murder of Emmett Till
The federal investigation that re-examined the murder of Emmett Till was closed on Monday after the Justice Department failed to find any substantial evidence that a key figure in the case lied, the New York Times reports. Over 60 years…
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Probe Into Lynching Of Emmett Till Closed By Justice Department With No New Charges, Because Of Course…
Source: Natasha Moustache / Getty In 2018, the U.S. Justice Department reopened the investigation into the horrific lynching of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black child from Chicago who was tortured, killed and thrown in a river in Mississippi on August…
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Emmett Till Movie In Development 65 Years After Murder
Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Today marks the 65th anniversary that Emmett Till was brutally murdered in 1955. As his story continues to reverberate throughout racial justice movements till this day, a group of filmmakers are preparing to tell his…
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Emmett Till would be 79 today; the White woman who lied on him remains free
Photo by Eddy “Precise” Lamarre for Steed Media Service Emmett Till should be celebrating his 79th birthday today, surrounded by the love of his children, grandkids, and other family members and friends. However, Till never got a chance to attend…
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