US Reopens Murder Case That Lit Civil Rights Fuse

The US justice department said yesterday it was reopening the case of Emmett Till, the black teenager who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, providing an early catalyst for the civil rights movement. Fourteen-year-old Emmett, from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in the...
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reggie iam doing a report on emmit till and i think it is very sad . I also think it is very good that they reopened the case. 5/5/2005
reggie i think they are doing a good job of reopening the case 5/5/2005
Christine I am a 16 year old, caucasion female and I am doing a term paper for my US History class on Emmett Till's murder and trial. I think it is terrible what has happened to him and that the case should be reopened so the world will know what those two men did to that innocent boy. Justice should be served and I'm sure that Mamie Till Mobley would have loved to have been there to see it done. I hope the court knows what is right this time 'round. 11/17/2004
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