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Mississippi Museum Acquires Gun Linked to Emmett Till’s Murder

Culture,Race And Racism,Black Americans,History

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It was the image of Emmett Till’s disfigured body, lying in an open casket for the world to see, that helped galvanize a movement. He had been beaten, but bullets also played a role in his death in 1955, fired from a weapon that was widely thought to be lost.

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