Sunday, 15 July 2018

US reopens investigation of Emmett Till slaying 63 years later

US reopens investigation of Emmett Till slaying 63 years later

The US government has reopened an investigation into the 1955 murder of a black 14-year-old boy whose death galvanised the civil rights movement. A Department of Justice (DOJ) report states the agency had received "new information" about the Emmett Till case, but offered no further details. Till was murdered in Mississippi after a white woman accused him of making lewd remarks and touching her.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-44811583?source=Snapzu

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