July 21, 2017
The marker commemorates black teenager Emmett Till, who was kidnapped and lynched in 1955 after whistling at a white woman working in a rural grocery store. Photo courtesy Simeon Wright
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Civil Rights
Mississippi Civil Rights Marker Returning After Damage Fixed
A civil rights marker in Mississippi has been repaired and will be put back in place, weeks after being vandalized.
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