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‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue

Associated Press  

— Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager over accusations he had flirted with a white woman in a country store. Speaking of Till’s mother she said: “Just to imagine the …

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Grand jury declines to indict woman, 87, whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s killing
2 years, 4 months ago

Grand jury declines to indict woman, 87, whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s killing

LA Times  

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday. After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore …

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Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching

Associated Press  

— Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman. Williams also said Fitch’s office has not been in contact with Leflore County …

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Till relatives seek accuser’s prosecution in 1955 kidnapping
2 years, 8 months ago

Till relatives seek accuser’s prosecution in 1955 kidnapping

Associated Press  

Stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, relatives and activists are advocating another possible path toward accountability in Mississippi: They want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955. She did not seem to know she …

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