A vandalized memorial to Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced by a new bulletproof sign.
A vandalized memorial to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in Mississippi was removed and is set to be replaced with a new bulletproof sign.
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.The photo showed the purple history marker riddled with bullet holes, though it's not clear who was responsible for that damage. The commission’s executive director, Patrick Weems, told NBC News on Friday that the memorial has been destroyed previously by vandals, and he is sure others will try to ruin the new one, which will be the fourth one on the site.
“It’s easier to cancel out that story for some people than it is to engage with the truth,” Glisson said.
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