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Column: Ka moʻolelo mānaʻonaʻo o Emmett Till

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                                An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955.

    ASSOCIATED PRESS

    An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955.

Synopsis: The story of Emmett Till reminds us of the inhumane nature of racism. How much has it changed since 1955, when his mutilated body was pulled from Mississippi’s Tallahatchie River? Read more

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