Posts in Emmett Till
Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve Civil Rights cold cases?

A retired FBI agent was at a Christian retreat in the late 1990s when a churchgoer confided he had witnessed a shooting of five Black men in 1960 that he believed had been racially motivated.

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Justice Department calls it quits on Emmett Till probe. No charges.

The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down its investigation into the Emmett Till slaying, closing the door on possible charges.

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A year after an Instagram photo of Ole Miss frats hoisting guns in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till sign went viral, questions remain.

A year has passed since an Instagram photo went viral of Ole Miss fraternity students hoisting guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign for civil rights martyr Emmett Till, and authorities still have not questioned those involved.

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See the photo Emmett Till’s mother wanted you to see — the one that inspired a generation to join the civil rights movement.

Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, wanted the world to see “what they did to my baby.”

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George Floyd’s killing resurrects nightmares for families of civil rights martyrs

The scenes play over and over again in the mind of civil rights pioneer Myrlie Evers.

A white police officer in Minneapolis kneels on the neck of a black man who keeps saying, “I can’t breathe,” until he lies motionless.

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