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June 27, 2017

Emmett Till's Historical Marker Vandalized in Money, Mississippi
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And in Money, Mississippi, the historical marker for Emmett Till has
been vandalized in order to erase information about the brutal 1955
kidnapping and murder of the 14-year-old African-American boy. Within
the last week, the vinyl panels containing words and images about Till's
life and death have been peeled off the historical site, which is part
of the Mississippi Freedom Trail. In 1955, Till's mother, Mamie Till
Mobley, held an open-casket funeral for her son in Chicago, and the
published images of his brutalized body galvanized the civil rights
movement.


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