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Jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

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Biden signs bill making lynching federal hate crime

President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 29, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)

Emmett Till investigation closed by DOJ

This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. (Associated Press)

Claremont church depicts Black Lives Matter protest in …

Claremont United Methodist Church put up a Nativity scene in December 2020 that shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in front of a wall of people wearing masks and carrying signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” “I can’t breathe” and “Jesus wept,” along with Bible verses. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

65 year after murder of Emmett Till, Congress approves …

A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005, in Aslip, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

White Supremacists Film Video, Then Run Away After Alarm …

A white supremacist group filmed a video in front of the Emmett Till Memorial in Sumner, Mississippi, over the weekend, officials say. (Credit: Sumner Courthouse and Emmett Till Interpretive Center)

DOJ Continues to Investigate 1955 Killing of Emmet Till; …

This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. (Credit: AP via CNN)

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Sign in Memory of Emmett Till Is Left Riddled in …

The second version of the memorial sign, riddled in bullet holes, is seen in 2016. (Credit: Emmett Till Interpretive Center via CNN)

DOJ Reopens the 1955 Lynching Case of Emmett Till …

Emmett Till Murder Investigation Reopened by Justice …

This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. (Credit: AP via CNN)