Black History : New Emmett Till Memorial Will Be Made Bulletproof, Group Says

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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It's shameful this is necessary


New Emmett Till Memorial Will Be Made Bulletproof, Group Says

New Emmett Till Memorial Will Be Made Bulletproof, Group Says

A photo recently circulated of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside a bullet-pocked sign honoring the lynching victim.

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The University of Mississippi students in this photo may be facing a federal investigation. (Photo: The Independent)


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Emmett Till's cousin on inquiry: 'What is the holdup?'

Emmett Till cousin on inquiry: 'What is the holdup?'

The government is still investigating the brutal slaying of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. A Justice Department report issued to Congress about civil rights cold case investigations lists the 1955 slaying of 14-year-old Emmett

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JAY REEVES
Associated Press

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

Interesting that even with the photo evidence that they were actually there with the weapons they used to destroy Emmett's grave site and I'm sure the local police now the FBI has the spent shells as well as the bullets themselves they have the audacity to say "may be" facing a Federal investigation.

Indeed causenaffect, a pure reflection of the vitriol contained in racism, implicit bias or whatever you want to call it.

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New Emmett Till marker dedicated to replace vandalized sign

New Emmett Till marker dedicated to replace vandalized sign

A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. The brutal slaying of the 14-year-old black teenager helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The 14-year-old African American teen...

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Donald Trump Mocks Black Americans by Evoking Emmett Till

Donald Trump Mocks Black Americans by Evoking Emmett Till

Jonathan Ernst/ReutersEvery black person, whether they were born in the 1930s like my grandmother, the 1940s like my parents, the 1960s like me, or the 1990s like my eldest niece knows the story of Emmett Till. Emmett was 14 years old when, in 1955, he was kidnapped, beaten mercilessly...

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It is obscene for an American president—let alone a powerful white man who inherited a fortune from his father (himself once arrested at a Klan rally) and famously paid for full-page newspaper ads calling for the death penalty for five innocent young black men in the “Central Park Five” case—to say that he the victim of a “lynching” simply because he is being investigated and will likely be impeached by a co-equal branch of our government...


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The Daily Beast

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